LEADER 03407nam 2200469 450 001 9910678258903321 005 20230524165417.0 010 $a3-031-23301-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-23301-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7209302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7209302 035 $a(CKB)26240821000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-23301-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926240821000041 100 $a20230524d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOvercoming productivity challenges in small countries $elessons from Jamaica /$fAndre Haughton and Wendel Ivey 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (312 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Haughton, Andre Overcoming Productivity Challenges in Small Countries Cham : Palgrave Macmillan US,c2023 9783031233005 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. COVID-19 and Efficiency in a New Global Economy -- 2. Total Factor Productivity & Labour Productivity drivers in Jamaica -- 3. Productivity & Labour Usage in the Goods Producing Sector in Jamaica -- 4. Productivity & Labour Usuage in the Service Providing Sector in Jamaica -- 5. Human Capital, Productivity & Compensation in Jamaica -- 6. Migration and Human Capital Flight -- 7. Remittances -- 8. Corruption & the Informal Economy in Jamaica -- 9. A Growth Comparison of Mauritius and Jamaica -- 10. Forging A Way Forward. 330 $aProductivity growth has been slowing down globally in recent years in light of heightened economic crises and geopolitical tensions. This book puts the issue of low productivity growth in small countries under a microscope, exploring Jamaica?s productivity challenges in its quest to achieve its United Nation Sustainable Developmental Goals. Overall, this book provides useful examples of handicaps that small countries face and proposes different approaches in finding plausible solutions to their overarching productivity challenges. This study provides useful lessons to other countries, as well, which would like to transition from developing to developed and to better the lives of their citizens. Andre Haughton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies Mona with a research focus on international economics and applied macroeconomics. He is a former Senator in Jamaica and an International Monetary Fund Distinguished Academic Fellow who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essex (UK). Wendel Ivey is an Economist in the Research and Economic Programming Division at the Bank of Jamaica and formerly a Senior Research Analyst at the Jamaica Productivity Centre. He holds a MSc in Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus with a focus on Economic Development and International Economics. . 606 $aEconomic history 607 $aJamaica$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aEconomic history. 676 $a929.374 700 $aHaughton$b Andre$0952977 702 $aIvey$b Wendel 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910678258903321 996 $aOvercoming Productivity Challenges in Small Countries$93067777 997 $aUNINA