.=========================The ultimate goal of this paper has been to measure the impact of human capital on agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso. The … capital increases agricultural productivity of cultures such as millet, peanuts and cotton, but does not increase the … productivity of cultures such as rice, maize and white sorghum. That is partly due to the traditional way of agriculture in Burkina …

The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards … contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications … for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the importance of skills for innovation and productivity; the diffusion …

productivity gap relative to the United States is still large and growing and that finding ways to increase productivity growth is …

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article … detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian … inter-industry differences in productivity levels among manufacturing industries. The authors conclude that Canada could …

highly persistent. Moreover benefits (in terms of productivity) resulting from innovation are differentiated according to the …