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Productivity Growth in Latin American and the Caribbean : Exploring the Macro-Micro Linkages / Jorge Thompson Araujo.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson Araujo, Jorge.
- Series:
- Other papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Other papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business Environment.
- Economic Growth.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Industrial Economics.
- Industry.
- Macroeconomic Management.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Private Sector Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Business Environment.
- Economic Growth.
- Economic Theory and Research.
- Industrial Economics.
- Industry.
- Macroeconomic Management.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Private Sector Development.
- Other Title:
- Productivity Growth in Latin American and the Caribbean
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2017.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper brings together the main findings and policy implications of two recent World Bank regional reports on economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Araujo, Vostroknutova, Wacker and Clavijo, editions. (2016) and Araujo, Vostroknutova, Brueckner, Clavijo, and Wacker (2016). In doing so, the paper focuses on finding the right balance between micro- and macro-inference when thinking about growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper documents the region's growth performance over the past decade, highlighting the roles played by the commodity boom, macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms. It notes that, despite faster growth during the first decade of this century, the region failed to achieve sustained convergence towards higher income levels. The paper points out that the persistent income gap could be reduced through: (i) increasing focus on closing the efficiency gap - beyond mere factor accumulation; (ii) eliminating distortions that cause misallocation of resources will also improve the incentives to innovate; (iii) identifying the main country-specific constraints to growth instead of looking for universal recipes; (iv) containing macroeconomic volatility, thereby alleviating the negative impact of persistent poverty on growth; and (v) improving the composition of public spending.
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