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Revisiting the Determinants of Productivity Growth - What’s new?

By Boileau Loko, Mame Astou Diouf

October 1, 2009

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Boileau Loko, and Mame Astou Diouf. Revisiting the Determinants of Productivity Growth - What’s new?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

This paper studies the main determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) growth using principal component analysis and a dynamic panel data model and, through a case study, explores key areas where accelerated reforms in the Maghreb countries would boost TFP gains. The results reveal that reforms targeted at attracting foreign direct investment and rationalizing government size, shifting resources from low-productivity sectors to higher ones, and encouraging women to enter the work force, could accelerate TFP gains. Equally important are reforms aimed at strengthening human capital, increasing the volume of trade, and improving the business environment.

Subject: Balance of payments, Foreign direct investment, Human capital, Labor, Production, Productivity, Total factor productivity

Keywords: C. boosting productivity, C. productivity equation, Determinants of total factor productivity, Foreign direct investment, Human capital, Maghreb, Physical capital, Productivity, Productivity growth, TFP gain, Total factor productivity, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    29

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2009/225

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2009225

  • ISBN:

    9781451873726

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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