Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets

The global productivity slowdown is affecting mature as well as emerging economies and this pattern has been particularly prominent over the past five years. Productivity levels in mature economies are almost five times higher than those of emergin...

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Main Author: Moelders, Florian
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/330711477477685112/Global-productivity-slowdown-and-the-role-of-technology-adoption-in-emerging-markets
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spelling okr-10986-303292021-05-25T10:54:41Z Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets Moelders, Florian EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION PRODUCTIVITY GLOBALIZATION DIGITAL DIVIDE TECHNOLOGY CHANGE The global productivity slowdown is affecting mature as well as emerging economies and this pattern has been particularly prominent over the past five years. Productivity levels in mature economies are almost five times higher than those of emerging countries, providing ample catch-up opportunities for emerging markets in their efforts to generate growth and eradicate poverty. This article highlights the forces of new technologies and business models as key drivers for emerging and mature economies’ productivity and hence future growth patterns. However, emerging markets have to find a way to make good use of available productivity-enhancing technologies and business models that meet their economies’ needs and capabilities. 2018-09-04T20:26:54Z 2018-09-04T20:26:54Z 2016-05 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/330711477477685112/Global-productivity-slowdown-and-the-role-of-technology-adoption-in-emerging-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30329 English EMCompass,no. 6; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBALIZATION
DIGITAL DIVIDE
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
spellingShingle EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBALIZATION
DIGITAL DIVIDE
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
Moelders, Florian
Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
relation EMCompass,no. 6;
description The global productivity slowdown is affecting mature as well as emerging economies and this pattern has been particularly prominent over the past five years. Productivity levels in mature economies are almost five times higher than those of emerging countries, providing ample catch-up opportunities for emerging markets in their efforts to generate growth and eradicate poverty. This article highlights the forces of new technologies and business models as key drivers for emerging and mature economies’ productivity and hence future growth patterns. However, emerging markets have to find a way to make good use of available productivity-enhancing technologies and business models that meet their economies’ needs and capabilities.
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author Moelders, Florian
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title Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
title_short Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
title_full Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
title_fullStr Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
title_full_unstemmed Global Productivity Slowdown and the Role of Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
title_sort global productivity slowdown and the role of technology adoption in emerging markets
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/330711477477685112/Global-productivity-slowdown-and-the-role-of-technology-adoption-in-emerging-markets
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