The age of productivity: transforming economies from the bottom up

Age of Productivity offers a look at how the low productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is preventing the region from catching up with the developed world. The authors look beyond the traditional macro explanations and dig all the way down to the industry and firm level to uncover the causes. INDICE: Latin America's Productivity Problem * Aggregate and Sector-based Productivity Analysis Fernández-Arias * The Role of Firm Entry, Exit and Resource Allocation in Explaining Productivity Pagés * Productivity Dynamics: The Role of Innovation Navarro and Llisterri * The Role of Market and Policy Failures in Explaining Latin America Productivity Problem * Uninsured Risk and Social Protection Policies Ñopo * Tax Policy Chong * Financial Market Failures and Policies Galindo * Macroeconomic Instability and Macroeconomic Policies Izquierdo and Cavallo * Product Market Competition Policies Mesquita * Innovation Policies Navarro and Llisterri * Industrial Policies Fernández-Arias * SME policies Ibarrán and Maffioli * Unlocking Productivity Growth * The Political Economy of Productivity Scartascini and Tomassi * How to Unlock Productivity Growthin the Region

• ISBN: 978-0-230-62350-7
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 14/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés