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Recent micro level data from East Africa is used to benchmark aggregate data and assess the role of agricultural inputs in explaining variation in crop yields on smallholding plots. Fertilizer, improved seeds, protection against erosion and pesticides improve crop yields in Rwanda and Ethiopia,...
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A large share of cross-country differences in productivity is explained by differences in agricultural productivity … productivity differences …
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This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to …
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This paper develops a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model with a financial accelerator which captures key features of low-income countries (LICs). The predominance of supply shocks in LICs poses distinct challenges for policymakers, given the negative correlation between...
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This paper examines the impact of international trade on industrialization in developing agricultural economies. The findings show that developing agricultural economies that increased their openness during 1970-95 experienced an increase in their share of industrial production at the expense of...
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This paper examines the impact of highway expansion on aggregate productivity growth and sectoral reallocation between … and indirect impact of trade costs on city productivity. I then construct an instrumental variable to examine the causal … productivity growth by facilitating firm entry, exit and reallocation. I also find evidence that the national highway system led to …
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. Using cross-country enterprise survey data, this paper shows that firms engaged in e-commerce have higher productivity and … percent higher productivity and generate about 50 percent more of their revenues from exports. The results presented in this … productivity and exports when essential elements are in place for its effective use, such as reliable electricity …
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Italy's labor productivity in market services has declined since 2000, underperforming manufacturing and peer European …
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time, industry-level analysis suggests ample scope to raise productivity, especially in services where productivity gains …
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