Productivity Dynamics in Emerging and Industrialized Countries

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Lists of figures -- Lists of tables -- Lists of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Productivity and world economy: new insights -- 1 The growth of the world economy -- 2 Productivity in the global economy -- 3 Productivity growth in Asia and its country origins -- 4 Latin America: economic growth and productivity since the 1990s -- 5 Human capital productivity -- 6 Global growth accounting: the role of shifting investment patterns -- Part II Productivity and growth - country experiences -- 7 Labor productivity and a test of the Kaldor-Verdoorn law in East Asia -- 8 Declining rate of return on capital and the role of intangibles in Japan: an empirical study using Japanese KLEMS (JIP) database -- 9 The industry-level productivity of Taiwan in 1981-2010: evidence from Taiwan KLEMS database -- 10 Total factor productivity and the sources of Singapore's economic growth: measurement, insights, and projection -- 11 Russia since 1995: natural gas, catching up and informality -- 12 Accounting for the role of information and communication technology in China's productivity growth -- 13 Source of growth and structural changes in the Indian economy since 1980 -- 14 Productivity slowdown in Brazil 2000-13: general performance and sectoral contributions -- 15 Argentina growth failure: an overview from ARKLEMS+LAND growth and productivity accounts -- 16 Determinants of total factor productivity in Mexico: 1991-2014 -- 17 What do we know about productivity in Arab economies: the challenges of generating multifactor productivity (MFP) estimates at industry level -- Part III India in the new global order: a productivity perspective -- 18 Dynamics of labor productivity in Indian industry: 1980-2011.

19 Total factor productivity in Indian organized manufacturing: the story of the noughties -- 20 A state-level perspective of productivity growth of the Indian organized manufacturing sector -- 21 Size and productivity in Indian manufacturing sector -- 22 The challenges of "Make in India": does the investment climate matter for firm performance? -- Index.