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Accelerating And Sustaining Growth : : Economic and Political Lessons / / Arvind Virmani
| Accelerating And Sustaining Growth : : Economic and Political Lessons / / Arvind Virmani |
| Autore | Virmani Arvind |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (47 p.) |
| Collana | IMF Working Papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Economic forecasting Exports and Imports Macroeconomics Public Finance Natural Resources Production and Operations Management Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East Aggregate Factor Income Distribution Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Environmental and Ecological Economics: General International Investment Long-term Capital Movements Trade: General Debt Debt Management Sovereign Debt Macroeconomics: Production Environmental management Finance International economics Public finance & taxation Income Natural resources Foreign direct investment Imports Government debt management National accounts Environment Balance of payments International trade Productivity Production Investments, Foreign Debts, Public Industrial productivity |
| ISBN |
1-4755-1496-4
1-4755-5629-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Fast Growing Economies; 2.1 Definitions and Un-sustainability; 2.2 High Growth Economies (HGEs); Tables; 1. Decade Average per Capita GDP growth - Cross correlation; Charts; 1. Economies whose fast growth was due to Recovery from Past Collapse; 2. High Growth Economies (1961 to 2011); 2.3 Potential High Growth Economies (pHGEs); 3. Economies which showed Fast growth because of Recovery from Past Collapse; 4. Economies which showed High Growth Potential (1961-2011); 2.4 Catch up Growth and Middle Income Trap
5. Ratio of country PcGdp PPP to USA at start and end of fast growth period 6. Catch-up Growth-Middle Income Trap (MIT); 2.5 Sustaining Growth : Lessons; 2. Fast growth period - per Capita Gdp growth and Potential Determinants; 3. Political Economy; 3.1 Institutional Responses; 3.2 Conflict Resolution; 3.3 Fiscal Lessons from Financial Crises; 4. India : Economic Reforms and Growth Transition; 4.1 J Curve : Heuristic Theory; 4.2 Phasing of Liberalization : Competition Dynamics; 4.3 Timing of Sector Liberalization; 4.4 Public-Private Mix; 4.5 Incomplete Reforms: Threat and Opportunity 5. Domestic Enterprenur led Growth 5.1 Potential Growth; Figures; 1. Potential Growth rate of Indian Economy; 2. Post 1990 Trend and J Curve; 6. Policy Reforms for Sustaining Growth; 6.1 Oil/energy; 6.2 Food Prices and Policy; 6.3 Urban Governance : Land Market; 6.4 Human Capital : Skills; 6.5 Resource Rents and Corruption; 6.6 Macro Economics; 7. Conclusion; 8. References; A2.1 Asian HGEs rate of Growth of per capita GDP; Appendices; 1. Asian Fast Growing Economies; A2.2 Asian pHGEs rate of Growth of per capital GDP; 2. China Growth; 3. Testing the J Curve Hypothesis A3.1 Growth Phases II and III and J curve effect on latterA4.1 Annual Rate of Growth of GDP at Market Prices (2004-5 prices); 4. Recent Trends, Cycles and Shocks; A4.2 Rate of Growth of GDP at 2004-5 market price (quarterly) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786483603321 |
Virmani Arvind
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa on the Move : : Unlocking the Potential of Small Middle-Income States / / Lamin Leigh, Ali Mansoor
| Africa on the Move : : Unlocking the Potential of Small Middle-Income States / / Lamin Leigh, Ali Mansoor |
| Autore | Leigh Lamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.96 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MansoorAli |
| Collana | Books |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Africa
Banks and Banking Finance: General Labor Macroeconomics Production and Operations Management Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital Aggregate Labor Productivity Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Demand and Supply of Labor: General Monetary Policy Macroeconomics: Production General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation Labour income economics Finance Banking Civil service & public sector Total factor productivity Public employment Labor markets Productivity Financial sector stability Financial sector policy and analysis Financial inclusion Financial markets Industrial productivity Economic theory Financial services industry Labor market Foreign exchange reserves |
| ISBN |
1-4983-3930-1
1-5135-6055-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Macroeconomic vulnerability : reserves adequacy and fiscal policy / Ara Stepanyanc -- Long-term implications of fiscal policy for labor market outcomes / Ara Stepanyan -- Increasing productivity growth in small middle-income countries / Lamin Leigh ... [et al.] -- Financial inclusion and stability in Africa's middle-income countries / Yibin Mu and Jenny Lin -- Political economy of reform / Ali Mansoor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798599803321 |
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Leigh Lamin
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anatomy of Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic / / Mariusz Jarmuzek, Biswajit Banerjee
| Anatomy of Regional Disparities in the Slovak Republic / / Mariusz Jarmuzek, Biswajit Banerjee |
| Autore | Jarmuzek Mariusz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (30 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BanerjeeBiswajit |
| Collana | IMF Working Papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Labor
Macroeconomics Production and Operations Management Macroeconomics: Production Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity Labor Economics Policies Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Labor Economics: General Labour income economics Productivity Labor productivity Labor policy Total factor productivity Industrial productivity Labor economics |
| ISBN |
1-4623-7393-3
1-4527-9244-5 9786612843594 1-282-84359-1 1-4518-7292-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; I. Introduction; II. Analytical Framework; III. Dimensions of Regional Disparities in Slovakia; IV. Regional Income Disparity in Slovakia in the EU Context; V. Analysis of β-Convergence; VI. Growth Accounting; VII. Sectoral Patterns of Productivity Growth; VIII. Policy Challenges; IX. Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Regional Differences in Real GDP per Capita and Household Disposable Income, 1995-2006; 2. Regional Differences in Labor Productivity, 1995-2006; 3. Regional Differences in Labor Utilization and Unemployment, 1995-2006
4. Dispersion of Regional GDP per Capita in the European Union, 1996-20055. Regression Analysis of β(Beta)-Convergence of GDP per Capita Growth; 6. Regression Analysis of β(Beta)-Convergence of Labor Productivity Growth; 7. Sources of Growth of GDP and Labor Productivity by Regions, 1996-2006; 8. Motorways and Junctions Density by Regions; 9. Foreign Direct Investment in the Corporate Sector by Regions, 1999-2006; 10. Sectoral Patterns of Labor Productivity Growth by Region; 11. Unit Labor Costs and Minimum Wage by Regions, 1998-2006 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788331503321 |
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Jarmuzek Mariusz
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At Your Service? : : The promise of services-led development / / Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Elwyn Davies
| At Your Service? : : The promise of services-led development / / Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Elwyn Davies |
| Autore | Nayyar Gaurav |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes cm) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Hallward-DriemeierMary
DaviesElwyn |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital Technology
Economic Development Economic Growth Industrialization Jobs Manufacturing Sector Productivity Services Sector Servicification Structural change Structural transformation |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1710-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Of Goods and Services: Inside the Black Box -- Introduction -- Services, Jobs, and Economic Transformation -- Scale, Innovation, Spillovers, and Job Creation: Revisiting the "Uniqueness" of Manufacturing -- The Services Sector Is Not Monolithic -- Implications for Inclusion in Lower-Income Countries -- Conclusion -- Annex 1A Classifications of Economic Activities in the Services Sector -- Annex 1B Adapting the McMillan-Rodrik Decomposition to Show Sectoral Reallocation -- Annex 1C Estimating Kaldor's Laws for the Industry Sector, 1995-2018 -- Notes -- References -- 2 Productivity and Jobs in Services: Mind the Gaps -- Introduction -- Services Firms and Their Productivity: Eight Stylized Facts -- Implications for Productivity Growth -- Implications for Job Creation -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A Data Sources -- Annex 2B Alternative Measures of Scale -- Notes -- References -- Spotlight: Bringing Services to the Surface: The Measurement Challenge -- Introduction -- Measuring Outputs -- Measuring Inputs -- Estimating Productivity -- Measuring Trade -- A Fading Border between Manufacturing and Services -- Measurement of Digital Services -- Data Coverage and Access -- The Way Forward -- Notes -- References -- 3 Will Technology Make the Twain Meet? A Changing Productivity-Jobs Dichotomy in Services -- Introduction -- Reduced Dependence on Physical Proximity -- Increased Role of Automation -- The Rise of Intangible Capital -- Implications for Productivity Growth and Job Creation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Look Before You Leap: Services Before Manufacturing? -- Introduction -- Services and Value Chain Upgrading in Industrialized Countries -- Services Growth without a Manufacturing Core.
Growing Importance of Services to a Manufacturing Core -- The Role of Linkages in Expanding Inclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Boosting Productivity to Keep Up the Good Work: Policy Imperatives -- Introduction -- The Policy Agenda: Trade, Technology, Training, and Targeting (the 4Ts) -- Where Countries Stand in the 4Ts Space -- Effects of Variations in Technology and Intersectoral Linkages' Trends across Subsectors on Prioritization in the 4Ts across Countries -- The Way Forward: How to Improve the 4Ts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Conclusion: In the Service of Development? -- Introduction -- The Promise of Services-Led Development -- A Data Agenda for Services -- Appendix A. Summary Measures for Trade, Technology, Training, and Targeting (the 4Ts) -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Trade in Services: A Tale of Four Modes -- Box 2.1 Informality in the Services Sector -- Box 2.2 COVID-19's Impact on the Services Sector -- Box 3.1 Technological Change and the Rising Demand for Services -- Box 3.2 AI, Jobs, and the Demand for Skills in India's ICT Services Sector -- Box 3.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Digitalization and Remote Delivery -- Box 4.1 The Philippines' Emergence in the Offshore Services Industry -- Box 4.2 Pakistan's ICT Services Boom -- Box 4.3 Geography, Transportation Services, and the Emergence of Logistics Hubs -- Box 5.1 Scaling Up Food Services Retail: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment -- Box 5.2 Beyond Border Restrictions: How Domestic Regulations Affect Potential for Competitiveness -- Box 5.3 India's Software Revolution and the 4Ts -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Much of the Decline in Agriculture's Share of Employment and GDP in LMICs since the 1990s Has Been Offset by Services -- Figure 1.2 Consistently across Regions, Services Have Offset Much of Agriculture's Decline in Share of Employment and GDP in LMICs since the 1990s. Figure 1.3 Labor Productivity in Services Has Increased Consistently in LMICs since the 1990s -- Figure 1.4 Labor Productivity Growth in Services Has Matched That in Manufacturing across LMICs in Many Regions since the 1990s, Typically Exceeding That of HICs -- Figure 1.5 Among LMICs in Most Regions, Services Have Contributed More Than Industry to Aggregate Labor Productivity Growth since the 1990s -- Figure 1.6 Services Subsectors Vary in Their Scope for Scale, Innovation, Spillovers, and Low-Skill Jobs -- Figure 1.7 The Most Prominent Mode of Exporting Services Is Establishing "Commercial Presence" Abroad, but "Cross-Border Supply" and "Consumption Abroad" Matter for Some Subsectors -- Figure 1.8 The Skill Intensity, Capital Intensity, Intersectoral Linkage Intensity, and Trade Intensity across Services Subsectors Has Not Changed Dramatically over Time -- Figure 1.9 The Export and Skill Intensity of Services Subsectors in HICs Are Higher Than in LMICs -- Figure 1.10 In LMICs, Commerce, Hospitality, and Transportation Services Rely More on Unskilled Labor, While Financial and Business Services Rely More on Skilled Labor -- Figure 1.11 Lower-Income Countries See More Employment in Low-Skill Services, While Higher-Income Countries See More in Global Innovator Services and Skill-Intensive Social Services -- Figure 1.12 The Inverse Relationship between Low-Skill Services and Per Capita Income Is Driven by Retail Trade -- Figure 1.13 Much of the Increase in the Services Sector's Share of Employment in LMICs since the 1990s Is Attributable to Low-Skill Services -- Figure 1.14 Low-Skill Services Are More Likely Than Global Innovator Services to Employ Informal Workers -- Figure 1.15 The Shares of Female Workers in Low-Skill Commerce and Hospitality Services-and in Global Innovator Services-Typically Exceed the Share in Manufacturing. Figure 1.16 The Share of Firms with Majority Female Ownership Is Highest in Low-Skill Retail Services, Especially in the Informal Sector -- Figure 1.17 Labor Productivity Gaps between Lower- and High-Income Countries Tend to Be Wider among Low-Skill Personal, Commerce, and Hospitality Services Compared with Global Innovator Services and Manufacturing -- Figure 1.18 The Shares of Jobs and Wages in Business Services Exports Exceed Those in Manufactured Goods' Exports in Many Large LMICs -- Figure 2.1 Labor Productivity and TFP Vary across Services Subsectors, with Global Innovators Being the Most Productive -- Figure 2.2 Within Services Subsectors, Productivity Is More Varied across More Narrowly Defined Industries -- Figure 2.3 Industry and Firm Characteristics Explain about Half the Variation in Labor Productivity -- Figure 2.4 Services Firms Are Smaller Than Manufacturing Firms across All Income Groups -- Figure 2.5 Commerce and Business Establishments Are the Smallest, While the Average ICT and Manufacturing Establishments Are Close in Size -- Figure B2.1.1 Most Informal Enterprises Operate in Retail Services -- Figure B2.1.2 The Importance of Informality in Services Relative to Manufacturing Is Most Pronounced When Comparing Shares of Employment and Value Added -- Figure 2.6 When Data Are Restricted to Formal Firms, Services Firms Are Smaller Than Manufacturing Firms, on Average, in Both LMICs and HICs -- Figure 2.7 In Services, Smaller Firms Contribute More to Employment and Value Added Than in Manufacturing, but Large Services Firms Still Contribute Significantly -- Figure 2.8 Especially in HICs, Small Services Firms Are Just as Productive as Large Ones -- Figure 2.9 In HICs, the Productivity Benefit of Scaling Up Is Smaller in Services Than in Manufacturing, but in LMICs, Some Services Subsectors Benefit More Than Manufacturing. Figure 2.10 With Few Exceptions, Services Rely Less Than Industry on Physical Capital -- Figure 2.11 Dispersion in Labor Productivity Is Higher in Services Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.12 Employment Growth during a Firm's Initial Years Tends to Be Lower in Services Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.13 Productivity Growth of Services Firms Is Similar to That of Manufacturing Firms -- Figure 2.14 Entry and Exit Play a Larger Role in Job Creation and Destruction in the Services Sector Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.15 Among Services Firms, Employment Changes Are Driven More by Entry and Exit Than by Firms' Growth -- Figure 2.16 In Industries with Lower Capital Intensity, Entry Plays a Larger Role in Job Creation -- Figure 2.17 Within-Firm, Between-Firm, and Entry and Exit Are Important Drivers of Productivity Growth in Both Services and Manufacturing -- Figure B2.2.1 Firm Surveys Show That Accommodation, Food Services, and Education Have Been the Hardest-Hit Sectors during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Figure B2.2.2 Household Surveys Show That, on Average, 38 Percent of Services Workers Stopped Working in 2020 -- Figure 2.18 In Commerce-Related Services, US Firms Have More Establishments per Firm Than Brazilian Firms -- Figure 2.19 Services Are More Likely Than Manufacturers to Be Intensive in ICT Capital -- Figure 2.20 More Productive Services Rely More on Linkages with Other Firms -- Figure 2.21 In Low-Income Countries, Most of the Services Jobs Are in Lower-Productivity Subsectors -- Figure 2.22 Just As in Manufacturing, Firm-Level Productivity in Services Is Closely Related to Wages -- Figure 2.23 Commerce and Hospitality Workers in LMICs Are More Likely to Be in the Lowest Wage Quartile, While Half of Financial and Business Services Workers Are in the Highest Wage Quartile. Figure 2.24 In LMICs, Job Quality Is the Highest in Public Administration, Utilities, and Financial and Business Services. |
| Altri titoli varianti | At Your Service? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795378003321 |
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Nayyar Gaurav
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| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At Your Service? : : The promise of services-led development / / Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Elwyn Davies
| At Your Service? : : The promise of services-led development / / Gaurav Nayyar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Elwyn Davies |
| Autore | Nayyar Gaurav |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes cm) |
| Disciplina | 338.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Hallward-DriemeierMary
DaviesElwyn |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital Technology
Economic Development Economic Growth Industrialization Jobs Manufacturing Sector Productivity Services Sector Servicification Structural change Structural transformation |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1710-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Of Goods and Services: Inside the Black Box -- Introduction -- Services, Jobs, and Economic Transformation -- Scale, Innovation, Spillovers, and Job Creation: Revisiting the "Uniqueness" of Manufacturing -- The Services Sector Is Not Monolithic -- Implications for Inclusion in Lower-Income Countries -- Conclusion -- Annex 1A Classifications of Economic Activities in the Services Sector -- Annex 1B Adapting the McMillan-Rodrik Decomposition to Show Sectoral Reallocation -- Annex 1C Estimating Kaldor's Laws for the Industry Sector, 1995-2018 -- Notes -- References -- 2 Productivity and Jobs in Services: Mind the Gaps -- Introduction -- Services Firms and Their Productivity: Eight Stylized Facts -- Implications for Productivity Growth -- Implications for Job Creation -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A Data Sources -- Annex 2B Alternative Measures of Scale -- Notes -- References -- Spotlight: Bringing Services to the Surface: The Measurement Challenge -- Introduction -- Measuring Outputs -- Measuring Inputs -- Estimating Productivity -- Measuring Trade -- A Fading Border between Manufacturing and Services -- Measurement of Digital Services -- Data Coverage and Access -- The Way Forward -- Notes -- References -- 3 Will Technology Make the Twain Meet? A Changing Productivity-Jobs Dichotomy in Services -- Introduction -- Reduced Dependence on Physical Proximity -- Increased Role of Automation -- The Rise of Intangible Capital -- Implications for Productivity Growth and Job Creation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Look Before You Leap: Services Before Manufacturing? -- Introduction -- Services and Value Chain Upgrading in Industrialized Countries -- Services Growth without a Manufacturing Core.
Growing Importance of Services to a Manufacturing Core -- The Role of Linkages in Expanding Inclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Boosting Productivity to Keep Up the Good Work: Policy Imperatives -- Introduction -- The Policy Agenda: Trade, Technology, Training, and Targeting (the 4Ts) -- Where Countries Stand in the 4Ts Space -- Effects of Variations in Technology and Intersectoral Linkages' Trends across Subsectors on Prioritization in the 4Ts across Countries -- The Way Forward: How to Improve the 4Ts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Conclusion: In the Service of Development? -- Introduction -- The Promise of Services-Led Development -- A Data Agenda for Services -- Appendix A. Summary Measures for Trade, Technology, Training, and Targeting (the 4Ts) -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Trade in Services: A Tale of Four Modes -- Box 2.1 Informality in the Services Sector -- Box 2.2 COVID-19's Impact on the Services Sector -- Box 3.1 Technological Change and the Rising Demand for Services -- Box 3.2 AI, Jobs, and the Demand for Skills in India's ICT Services Sector -- Box 3.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Digitalization and Remote Delivery -- Box 4.1 The Philippines' Emergence in the Offshore Services Industry -- Box 4.2 Pakistan's ICT Services Boom -- Box 4.3 Geography, Transportation Services, and the Emergence of Logistics Hubs -- Box 5.1 Scaling Up Food Services Retail: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment -- Box 5.2 Beyond Border Restrictions: How Domestic Regulations Affect Potential for Competitiveness -- Box 5.3 India's Software Revolution and the 4Ts -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Much of the Decline in Agriculture's Share of Employment and GDP in LMICs since the 1990s Has Been Offset by Services -- Figure 1.2 Consistently across Regions, Services Have Offset Much of Agriculture's Decline in Share of Employment and GDP in LMICs since the 1990s. Figure 1.3 Labor Productivity in Services Has Increased Consistently in LMICs since the 1990s -- Figure 1.4 Labor Productivity Growth in Services Has Matched That in Manufacturing across LMICs in Many Regions since the 1990s, Typically Exceeding That of HICs -- Figure 1.5 Among LMICs in Most Regions, Services Have Contributed More Than Industry to Aggregate Labor Productivity Growth since the 1990s -- Figure 1.6 Services Subsectors Vary in Their Scope for Scale, Innovation, Spillovers, and Low-Skill Jobs -- Figure 1.7 The Most Prominent Mode of Exporting Services Is Establishing "Commercial Presence" Abroad, but "Cross-Border Supply" and "Consumption Abroad" Matter for Some Subsectors -- Figure 1.8 The Skill Intensity, Capital Intensity, Intersectoral Linkage Intensity, and Trade Intensity across Services Subsectors Has Not Changed Dramatically over Time -- Figure 1.9 The Export and Skill Intensity of Services Subsectors in HICs Are Higher Than in LMICs -- Figure 1.10 In LMICs, Commerce, Hospitality, and Transportation Services Rely More on Unskilled Labor, While Financial and Business Services Rely More on Skilled Labor -- Figure 1.11 Lower-Income Countries See More Employment in Low-Skill Services, While Higher-Income Countries See More in Global Innovator Services and Skill-Intensive Social Services -- Figure 1.12 The Inverse Relationship between Low-Skill Services and Per Capita Income Is Driven by Retail Trade -- Figure 1.13 Much of the Increase in the Services Sector's Share of Employment in LMICs since the 1990s Is Attributable to Low-Skill Services -- Figure 1.14 Low-Skill Services Are More Likely Than Global Innovator Services to Employ Informal Workers -- Figure 1.15 The Shares of Female Workers in Low-Skill Commerce and Hospitality Services-and in Global Innovator Services-Typically Exceed the Share in Manufacturing. Figure 1.16 The Share of Firms with Majority Female Ownership Is Highest in Low-Skill Retail Services, Especially in the Informal Sector -- Figure 1.17 Labor Productivity Gaps between Lower- and High-Income Countries Tend to Be Wider among Low-Skill Personal, Commerce, and Hospitality Services Compared with Global Innovator Services and Manufacturing -- Figure 1.18 The Shares of Jobs and Wages in Business Services Exports Exceed Those in Manufactured Goods' Exports in Many Large LMICs -- Figure 2.1 Labor Productivity and TFP Vary across Services Subsectors, with Global Innovators Being the Most Productive -- Figure 2.2 Within Services Subsectors, Productivity Is More Varied across More Narrowly Defined Industries -- Figure 2.3 Industry and Firm Characteristics Explain about Half the Variation in Labor Productivity -- Figure 2.4 Services Firms Are Smaller Than Manufacturing Firms across All Income Groups -- Figure 2.5 Commerce and Business Establishments Are the Smallest, While the Average ICT and Manufacturing Establishments Are Close in Size -- Figure B2.1.1 Most Informal Enterprises Operate in Retail Services -- Figure B2.1.2 The Importance of Informality in Services Relative to Manufacturing Is Most Pronounced When Comparing Shares of Employment and Value Added -- Figure 2.6 When Data Are Restricted to Formal Firms, Services Firms Are Smaller Than Manufacturing Firms, on Average, in Both LMICs and HICs -- Figure 2.7 In Services, Smaller Firms Contribute More to Employment and Value Added Than in Manufacturing, but Large Services Firms Still Contribute Significantly -- Figure 2.8 Especially in HICs, Small Services Firms Are Just as Productive as Large Ones -- Figure 2.9 In HICs, the Productivity Benefit of Scaling Up Is Smaller in Services Than in Manufacturing, but in LMICs, Some Services Subsectors Benefit More Than Manufacturing. Figure 2.10 With Few Exceptions, Services Rely Less Than Industry on Physical Capital -- Figure 2.11 Dispersion in Labor Productivity Is Higher in Services Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.12 Employment Growth during a Firm's Initial Years Tends to Be Lower in Services Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.13 Productivity Growth of Services Firms Is Similar to That of Manufacturing Firms -- Figure 2.14 Entry and Exit Play a Larger Role in Job Creation and Destruction in the Services Sector Than in Manufacturing -- Figure 2.15 Among Services Firms, Employment Changes Are Driven More by Entry and Exit Than by Firms' Growth -- Figure 2.16 In Industries with Lower Capital Intensity, Entry Plays a Larger Role in Job Creation -- Figure 2.17 Within-Firm, Between-Firm, and Entry and Exit Are Important Drivers of Productivity Growth in Both Services and Manufacturing -- Figure B2.2.1 Firm Surveys Show That Accommodation, Food Services, and Education Have Been the Hardest-Hit Sectors during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Figure B2.2.2 Household Surveys Show That, on Average, 38 Percent of Services Workers Stopped Working in 2020 -- Figure 2.18 In Commerce-Related Services, US Firms Have More Establishments per Firm Than Brazilian Firms -- Figure 2.19 Services Are More Likely Than Manufacturers to Be Intensive in ICT Capital -- Figure 2.20 More Productive Services Rely More on Linkages with Other Firms -- Figure 2.21 In Low-Income Countries, Most of the Services Jobs Are in Lower-Productivity Subsectors -- Figure 2.22 Just As in Manufacturing, Firm-Level Productivity in Services Is Closely Related to Wages -- Figure 2.23 Commerce and Hospitality Workers in LMICs Are More Likely to Be in the Lowest Wage Quartile, While Half of Financial and Business Services Workers Are in the Highest Wage Quartile. Figure 2.24 In LMICs, Job Quality Is the Highest in Public Administration, Utilities, and Financial and Business Services. |
| Altri titoli varianti | At Your Service? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815285503321 |
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Nayyar Gaurav
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| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Breaking the Oil Spell : : The Gulf Falcons' Path to Diversification / / Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Min Zhu
| Breaking the Oil Spell : : The Gulf Falcons' Path to Diversification / / Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Min Zhu |
| Autore | Cherif Reda |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.9536 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HasanovFuad
ZhuMin |
| Soggetto topico |
Diversification in industry - Persian Gulf Region
Diversification in industry Investments: Energy Exports and Imports Macroeconomics Production and Operations Management Finance: General Macroeconomics: Production Education: General Labor Economics: General Energy: General Trade: General General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) Innovation Research and Development Technological Change Intellectual Property Rights: General Labour income economics Education Investment & securities Finance International economics Technology general issues Productivity Labor Oil Exports Production Commodities International trade Manufacturing Economic sectors Industrial productivity Labor economics Petroleum industry and trade Manufacturing industries |
| ISBN |
1-4843-1778-5
1-4843-0291-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: DIVERSIFICATION ATTEMPTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA -- 1 Soaring of the Gulf Falcons: Diversification in the GCC Oil Exporters in Seven Propositions -- 2 The Riddle of Diversification -- PART II: EXPERIENCES OF DIVERSIFICATION IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA -- 3 Going Beyond Comparative Advantage: How Singapore Did It -- 4 Malaysia's Move toward a High-Income Economy: Five Decades of Nation Building-A View from Within -- 5 Industrial Diversification in Korea: History in Search of Lessons -- 6 Economic Diversification in Latin American Countries: A Way to Face Tough Times Ahead -- PART III: KEY POLICIES TO SUPPORT DIVERSIFICATION -- 7 Growth Policy Design for Middle-Income Countries -- 8 Diversification and the Economy: The Role of Government in Enhancing the Industrial Base -- 9 A Practitioner's Narrative of Brazil's Industrialization and the Role of the Brazilian Development Bank -- 10 Implications of Korea's Saemaul Undong for Development Policy: A Structural Perspective -- 11 Lessons for Today and the Way Forward -- Postscript: A Conversation on Diversification Challenges -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796024703321 |
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Cherif Reda
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Caribbean Growth in an International Perspective : : The Role of Tourism and Size / / Nita Thacker, Sebastian Acevedo Mejia, Roberto Perrelli
| Caribbean Growth in an International Perspective : : The Role of Tourism and Size / / Nita Thacker, Sebastian Acevedo Mejia, Roberto Perrelli |
| Autore | Thacker Nita |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (36 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Acevedo MejiaSebastian
PerrelliRoberto |
| Collana |
IMF Working Papers
IMF working paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Tourism - Caribbean Area
Economic development - Caribbean Area Macroeconomics Public Finance Industries: Hospital,Travel and Tourism Production and Operations Management Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Models with Panel Data Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General Economywide Country Studies: Latin America Caribbean Sports Gambling Restaurants Recreation Tourism Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Macroeconomics: Production National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General Labor Economics: General Hospitality, leisure & tourism industries Public finance & taxation Labour income economics Total factor productivity Productivity Public expenditure review Labor Economic sectors Expenditure Production growth Industrial productivity Expenditures, Public Labor economics Economic theory |
| ISBN |
1-4755-1207-4
1-4755-1206-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Catching Up or Falling Behind? A Caribbean Tale; Figures; Figure 1. Caribbean: Ratio of Per capita GDP (PPP) to Relevant Comparators, 1970-2009; III. Accounting for Growth in the Caribbean; A. Analytical Framework; B. Growth Accounting Results; Figure 2. ECCU: Contributions to Growth, 1970-2007; Figure 3. Other Caribbean: Contributions to Growth, 1970-2007; C. Level Accounting Results; IV. The Tourism and Growth Nexus in the Caribbean; A. A Brief Review of the Literature; B. The Proposed Econometric Approach; C. The Impact of Tourism on Growth Levels
Figure 4. Caribbean: Factors Contributing to Caribbean Growth vis-à-vis the World D. The Impact of Tourism on Growth Volatility; E. Tourism, Size and Growth Accounting; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Appendix: Data and Variables; Tables; Table 1. ECCU: Growth Accounting 1970-2007; Table 2. Other Caribbean: Growth Accounting 1970-2007; Table 3. ECCU: Output Growth and its Components: Ratio to Barbados Values, 1970-2007; Table 4. Other Caribbean: Output Growth and its Components: Ratio to Barbados Values, 1970-2007 Table 5. ECCU: Output Growth and its Components: Ratio to U.S. Values, 1970-2007 Table 6. Other Caribbean: Output Growth and its Components: Ratio to U.S. Values, 1970-2007; Table 7. Tourism and Growth Estimations; Table 8. Tourism and Small Islands Interaction Estimations; Table 9. Tourism and Growth Estimations Robustness; Table 10. Growth Volatility Estimations; Table 11. Growth Accounting Estimations; Table 12. List of Countries |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786473903321 |
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Thacker Nita
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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China’s Rising IQ (Innovation Quotient) and Growth : : Firm-level Evidence / / Hui He, Nan Li, Jing Fang
| China’s Rising IQ (Innovation Quotient) and Growth : : Firm-level Evidence / / Hui He, Nan Li, Jing Fang |
| Autore | He Hui |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (42 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables |
| Disciplina | 338.951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FangJing
LiNan |
| Collana | IMF Working Papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China
Industrial productivity - China Investments: Stocks Macroeconomics Production and Operations Management Economic Growth of Open Economies Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes Institutions and Growth Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Macroeconomics: Production Pension Funds Non-bank Financial Institutions Financial Instruments Institutional Investors Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital Aggregate Labor Productivity Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise: General Investment & securities Public ownership nationalization Total factor productivity Productivity Stocks Capital productivity Public enterprises Financial institutions Economic sectors Industrial productivity Government business enterprises Nationalization |
| ISBN |
1-4755-6799-5
1-4755-6817-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162926203321 |
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He Hui
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporate Governance Success Stories
| Corporate Governance Success Stories |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 pages) |
| Collana | Other papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Accountability
Accounting Asset Management Audits Banking Sector Capital Collections Corporate Governance Corporate Governance and Corruption Corporate Law Corporate Social Responsibility Credit Debt Developing Countries Economic Development Employment Equity Finance Financial Crisis Financial Institutions Financial Management Financial Services Fiscal Year Foreign Direct Investment Good Governance Grants Human Capital Inflation Infrastructure Insurance Interest Rates International Finance Job Creation Labor Costs Land Law and Development Loans Private Sector Development Productivity Profitability Regulators Reputation Retirement Return On Equity Risk Risk Management Shareholder Protection Technical Assistance Transparency Transport |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Corporate Governance |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910832964703321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Declining Importance of Tradable Goods Manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand : : How Much Can Growth Theory Explain? / / Benjamin Hunt
| The Declining Importance of Tradable Goods Manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand : : How Much Can Growth Theory Explain? / / Benjamin Hunt |
| Autore | Hunt Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (17 p.) |
| Collana | IMF Working Papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Australia - Econometric models
Economic development - New Zealand - Econometric models Investments: Commodities Inflation Production and Operations Management Macroeconomics Macroeconomics: Production Economic Growth of Open Economies Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: Forecasting and Simulation Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change Industrial Price Indices Price Level Deflation Commodity Markets Labor Economics: General Investment & securities Labour income economics Productivity Commodities Production Prices Labor Industrial productivity Commercial products Labor economics |
| ISBN |
1-4623-1945-9
1-4527-4604-4 9786612842382 1-4518-7163-5 1-282-84238-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; I. Introduction; II. An Overview of The Global Economic Model; A. Households; B. Firms; C. Government; D. Parameterization; III. The Stylized Facts; Figures; 1. Share of Tradable Goods Production in GDP; 2. Annual Labor Productivity Growth; IV. Simulation Results; A. Some Broad Features of the Simulation Results; Tables; 1. Average Annual Labor Productivity Growth 1995 to 2004; 3. Some Broad Macroeconomic Consequences of Unbalanced Growth; B. Effect of Unbalanced Growth on Tradables Production; C. Internal and External Contributions; 2. Change Over Ten Years in Share of GDP
V. Conclusions3: Simulated Changes Over Ten Years in Share of GDP; References; Appendixes; Appendix I. Calibration Details; Appendix Tables; 1: Key Steady-State Calibration Values; 2. Non-Commodity Tradables as Percent of GDP; 3. Production and Trade in Commodities as Shares of GDP; 4: Key Behavioral Parameter Values |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788348503321 |
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Hunt Benjamin
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| Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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