Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Suharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Suharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

This paper investigates the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. We use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000 firms in ten Sub-Saharan African countries to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The E...

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Main Authors: Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Production
Cost
Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity
Capacity D240
Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250
Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General L600
Industrialization
Manufacturing and Service Industries
Choice of Technology O140
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4701

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