Productivity - Matches

Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food sec..

Seasonal climate forecast (SCF) is one of the tools that could help farmers and decisionmakers better prepare for seasonal variability. However, a clo..

Using a political economy perspective, this paper establishes the strong relationship between rice and politics and explains recent developments in th..

Productivity, whether defined at a firm/industry level or at an economy-wide level, is a key instrument in evaluating and monitoring performance. It i..

Rice innovations are technologies and practices extensively adopted so as to change production practices and productivity. This paper documents the ch..

The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel through which trade liberalizati..

What's in store for us this year? Dr. Josef Yap provides us, in this issue, with yet another forecast for the year. He stresses, as he has done in eac..

Historically, the economic relations between the Philippines and Japan have been shaped by factors leading to the movements of goods, capital and peop..

The paper presents estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) from 1967 to 2000. It was observed that while TFP growth was mostly negative in th..

The paper presents an updated TFP estimates in the Philippines. The present estimates were derived using a modified set of methodologies, thus may not..

To attain productivity growth it is necessary to have proper diagnosis and analysis of the sources and causes of low or stagnant agricultural producti..

Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify produc..

This paper is part of the project “A Review of the Components of the Medium-Term National Action Agenda for Productivity (MNAAP)” by the Philippin..

The paper looks into the major factors which affect the efficiency of product market. In particular, the paper examines the policy environment, which..

This short note provides a framework for looking at public sector governance and productivity improvements. It argues that the role of government in ..