Productivity Convergence : Is Anyone Catching Up?

Labor productivity in EMDEs is just under one-fifth of the advanced economy average, while in LICs, it is just 2 percent. Average productivity growth in EMDEs has picked up rapidly since 2000, renewing interest in the convergence hypothesis, which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kindberg-Hanlon, Gene, Okou, Cedric
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770631599049513984/Productivity-Convergence-Is-Anyone-Catching-Up
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34425