How Long to Read Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

How Long Does it Take to Read Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 31 minutes to read Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa by Cesar Calderon

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Description

Economic growth in the Sub-Saharan Africa region has been plagued by a series of shocks—wars, political instability, natural disasters, epidemics, terms-of-trade deterioration, and sudden stops in capital inflows—that have had lingering effects on productivity and growth. Within the overall productivity gap of the region are substantial differences across the sectors of economic activity and production units. Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies and Institutions to Promote Efficiency documents the productivity trends in Sub-Saharan Africa in three different dimensions, assessing productivity at the aggregate level, the sectoral level, and the establishment level. It characterizes the evolution of productivity in the region relative to other countries and regions, as well as country groups in Africa, classified by their degree of natural resource abundance and condition of fragility. The volume suggests that the persistence of the productivity gap in Africa vis-à -vis the technological frontier can be attributed to the slow accumulation of physical and human capital relative to the region’s growing population, as well as the poor allocation of these resources. These allocative inefficiencies are the outcome of policies and institutions that introduce distortions in the decision-making process of individuals. Hence, the volume assesses the implications of production decisions across agricultural farms and manufacturing firms. It presents evidence on aggregate productivity from the perspective of production units, using recent household surveys for farmers and firm-level surveys for select countries, as well as frontier estimation techniques. It documents the extent of severe resource misallocation across agricultural and manufacturing production units. These distortions decelerate the growth of the production units, disincentivize their adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies, and reduce the ability of their peers to learn new techniques. Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa highlights the adoption of digital technologies to reduce some of these market frictions. Mobile money has increased financial inclusion in several countries, and digital financial technologies have given individuals access to savings instruments and loan products. Enhancing access to credit can help individuals invest in schooling and overcome the costs of formality. The volume discusses further avenues of research that may provide additional insights on the productivity dynamics across countries in the region, and it identifies the different channels of policy transmission to enhance productivity. The empirical work presented can help to guide the design of policy in the region.

How long is Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa by Cesar Calderon is 325 pages long, and a total of 82,875 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 32 minutes to read Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa aloud.

What Reading Level is Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Boosting Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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