ABSTRACT

The world, of late, has seen a productivity slowdown. Many countries continue to recover from various shocks in the macro business environment, along with structural changes and inward looking policies. In contemporary times of growth slumps, various exits and protectionist regimes, this book engages with the study of productivity dynamics in the emerging and industrialized economies. The essays address the crucial aspects, such as the roles of human capital, investment accounting and datasets, that help understanding of productivity performance of global economy and its several regions.

This book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and professionals in the field of economic growth, productivity and development studies. This will also be an important reference on empirical industrial economics in both India and the world.

chapter |33 pages

Introduction

part I|140 pages

Productivity and world economy

chapter 4|27 pages

Latin America

Economic growth and productivity since the 1990s

chapter 5|14 pages

Human capital productivity

chapter 6|21 pages

Global growth accounting

The role of shifting investment patterns

part II|358 pages

Productivity and growth – country experiences

chapter 8|30 pages

Declining rate of return on capital and the role of intangibles in Japan

An empirical study using Japanese KLEMS (JIP) database

chapter 9|45 pages

The industry-level productivity of Taiwan in 1981–2010

Evidence from Taiwan KLEMS database

chapter 10|38 pages

Total factor productivity and the sources of Singapore’s economic growth

Measurement, insights, and projection 1

chapter 11|18 pages

Russia since 1995

Natural gas, catching up and informality 1

chapter 14|37 pages

Productivity slowdown in Brazil 2000–13

General performance and sectoral contributions 1

chapter 15|32 pages

Argentina growth failureArgentina growth failure

An overview from ARKLEMS+LAND growth and productivity accounts

chapter 17|46 pages

What do we know about productivity in Arab economies

The challenges of generating multifactor productivity (MFP) estimates at industry level

part III|115 pages

India in the new global order