Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique

Transport infrastructure is an important driving force for economic growth. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others, infrastructure is often an important constraint. The paper reexamines the impacts of transp...

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Main Author:	Iimi, Atsushi
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REGRESSION ANALYSIS STOCHASTIC FRONTIER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/162481625228973275/Firm-Productivity-and-Locational-Choice-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35914

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spelling	okr-10986-359142021-07-16T05:11:20Z Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique Iimi, Atsushi FIRM PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE REGRESSION ANALYSIS STOCHASTIC FRONTIER Transport infrastructure is an important driving force for economic growth. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others, infrastructure is often an important constraint. The paper reexamines the impacts of transport infrastructure on firm productivity in Mozambique. A conventional cost function is estimated with two rounds of firm data collected in 2007 and 2018. It is found that improved transport connectivity, particularly access to a port, has a positive impact on firm production. Firm inventory is also an important determinant of firm productivity. Over the long term, agglomeration economies are also found to be significant and associated with port accessibility. These findings are consistent with the fact that the Government of Mozambique heavily invested in the primary road network during the first half of the 2010s. The improved transport network is considered to have contributed to the country’s robust economic growth in the industrial and service sectors until the mid-2010s. 2021-07-15T13:18:56Z 2021-07-15T13:18:56Z 2021-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/162481625228973275/Firm-Productivity-and-Locational-Choice-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35914 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9727 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Mozambique
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description	Transport infrastructure is an important driving force for economic growth. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others, infrastructure is often an important constraint. The paper reexamines the impacts of transport infrastructure on firm productivity in Mozambique. A conventional cost function is estimated with two rounds of firm data collected in 2007 and 2018. It is found that improved transport connectivity, particularly access to a port, has a positive impact on firm production. Firm inventory is also an important determinant of firm productivity. Over the long term, agglomeration economies are also found to be significant and associated with port accessibility. These findings are consistent with the fact that the Government of Mozambique heavily invested in the primary road network during the first half of the 2010s. The improved transport network is considered to have contributed to the country’s robust economic growth in the industrial and service sectors until the mid-2010s.
format	Working Paper
author	Iimi, Atsushi
author_facet	Iimi, Atsushi
author_sort	Iimi, Atsushi
title	Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique
title_short	Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique
title_full	Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique
title_fullStr	Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed	Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique
title_sort	firm productivity and locational choice : evidence from mozambique
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/162481625228973275/Firm-Productivity-and-Locational-Choice-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35914
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Firm Productivity and Locational Choice : Evidence from Mozambique

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