The Age of Productivity Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up [Paperback]

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.Latin America's Productivity Problem Aggregate and Sector-based Productivity Analysis; E.Fern?ndez-Arias The Role of Firm Entry, Exit and Resource Allocation in Explaining Productivity;? C.Pag?s Productivity Dynamics: The Role of Innovation;? J.Navarro & J.Llisterri The Role of Market and Policy Failures in Explaining Latin America Productivity Problem Uninsured Risk and Social Protection Policies;? H.?opo Tax Policy;? A.Chong Financial Market Failures and Policies;? A.Galindo Macroeconomic Instability and Macroeconomic Policies;? A.Izquierdo & E.Cavallo Product Market Competition Policies;? M.Mesquita Innovation Policies;? J.Navarro & J.Llisterri Industrial Policies;? E.Fern?ndez-Arias SME Policies;? P.Ibarr?n & A.Maffioli Unlocking Productivity Growth The Political Economy of Productivity;? C.Scartascini & M.Tomassi How to Unlock Productivity Growth in the Region

In recent years the literature on the economics of growth has benefited greatly from the recognition that growth happens firm by firm, idea by idea, even individual by individual. This impressive volume, published by the Inter-American Development Bank, is evidence that the same spirit has began to animate the policy community. - Abhijit V. Banerjee, Department of Economics, M.I.T. By looking at the policy challenges faced by Latin America through the lens of productivity, this report provides a fresh view on topics as diverse as factor markets, trade, social policy, taxation, and industrial policy. - Eduardo Engel, Professor of Economics, Yale University Increasingly, we have learned by building up from firm level evidence that it is the misallocation of resources within indulƒL