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Structural Reforms and Productivity Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

By Era Dabla-Norris, Giang Ho, Annette J Kyobe

February 9, 2016

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Era Dabla-Norris, Giang Ho, and Annette J Kyobe. Structural Reforms and Productivity Growth in Emerging Market and Developing Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed December 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper empirically assesses the role of structural and institutional reforms in driving productivity growth across countries at different stages of development, using a distance-to-frontier framework. It gauges whether particular policies and reforms matter more for increasing productivity growth at the aggregate and sectoral levels for some emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) than others. Recognizing the possibility of time lags between reform implementation and reform payoffs, the paper also examines how productivity gains from various reforms evolve over the the short- and medium-term.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Labor productivity, National accounts, Personal income, Production, Productivity, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Agricultural sector, Agriculture, Economic Growth, Emerging Market and Developing Countries, Global, Impact of reform, Income group, Industry, Institutions, Labor productivity, Payoffs from undertaking banking system reform, Personal income, Productivity, Productivity driver, Productivity gain, Productivity gains from banking system reform, Productivity growth, Productivity impact, Productivity levels gap, Productivity payoff, Sectoral productivity dynamics, Services, Services productivity, Structural Reforms, TFP growth specification, Total factor productivity, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    35

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2016/015

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2016015

  • ISBN:

    9781498306560

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941