The productivity imperative : wealth and poverty in the global economy / edited by Diana Farrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrell, Diana.

McKinsey Global Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial productivity.

International economic relations.

Industrial productivity--Regional disparities.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School, 2006.

Summary:

This scrutiny of economics from the bottom up, do to speak, has revealed that there is one certain way to accelerate GDP growth: increase levels of labor productivity among individuals firms. We also conclude that the most effective way for policymakers to help individual firms increase their productivity is to create the conditions in each industry sector for fierce but fair competition between all participation.

What most determines whether an economy will flourish or sink into poverty? Productivity. In this volume, experts examine the impact of productivity on a nation's economic well-being and identify barriers to productivity based on analyses of industries and from nations around the world.

Contents:

The productivity imperative 1

1 The power of productivity 9

2 Regulation that's good for competition 25

3 What's right with the US economy 43

4 Reviving French and German productivity 61

5 Sweden's golden opportunity 73

6 Turkey's quest for stable growth 91

7 Asia: the productivity imperative 109

8 China and India: the race to growth 131

9 India: from emerging to surging 145

10 A richer future for India 165

11 How Brazil can grow 177.

Notes:

Articles originally published in The McKinsey quarterly.

Published in cooperation with the McKinsey Global Institute.

Contains:

McKinsey quarterly.

ISBN:

1422110265

9781422110263

OCLC:

85775082