We examine a little explored and yet important aspect of the poor productivity in Brazil: the performance of the … sector is a key factor explaining the poor aggregate productivity and manufacturing competitiveness in Brazil. The reasons …

Measures of institutional quality are strong predictors of cross-country differences in income and productivity. The …

services can be partly explained by the sector's modest labor productivity, high taxation, low competition and low investment …

in the informal sector, where workers are not covered by social security arrangements.Productivity of the manufacturing … productivity and make growth more inclusive, while contributing to improved current account balance. In particular, India should … aim for more formal jobs, as these tend to be the most secure and of highest productivity …

in the informal sector, where workers are not covered by social security arrangements. Productivity of the manufacturing … productivity and make growth more inclusive, while contributing to improved current account balance. In particular, India should … aim for more formal jobs, as these tend to be the most secure and of highest productivity. …

(SMEs) in manufacturing and across different types of services. The study explores the extent to which binding constraints … faced by SMEs producing goods may differ from small firms operating in services sectors and takes stock of how existing … performance of SMEs in manufacturing, it is an ambiguous predictor of export performance in the case of small-sized services firms …

This paper explores the productivity impact of trade, product market and financial market policies over the last decade … investigating the link between these policies and productivity growth depending on how far incumbents are relative to the … the potential channels through which productivity is affected by reform. The key conclusion that can be derived from the …