The age of productivity : transforming economies from the bottom up

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Title:

Author:

Pagés, Carmen.

ISBN:

9780230623521

9780230623507

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

[Washington, D.C.] : Inter-American Development Bank ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

xx, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Development in the Americas

Development in the Americas.

Contents:

The age of productivity -- Aggregate productivity : the key to unlocking Latin America's development potential -- Productivity in Latin America : the challenge of the service sector -- Productivity from the bottom up : firms and resource allocation in Latin America -- Trade and productivity : a route to reallocation with a high transport toll -- Why credit matters for productivity -- Taxes and productivity : a game of hide and seek -- Safe and sound social policy : reconciling protection with productivity -- Big questions about small firms -- The importance of ideas : innovation and productivity in Latin America -- Phantom or phoenix? : industrial policies in Latin America today -- The politics of productivity.

Subject Term:

Labor productivity -- Latin America.

Labor productivity -- Caribbean Area.

Manpower policy -- Latin America.

Manpower policy -- Caribbean Area.

Added Author:

Pagés, Carmen.

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Summary

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.