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

The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000 firms in 10 Sub-Saharan African countries to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The...

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Main Authors:	Arnold, Jens Matthias, Mattoo, Aaditya, Narciso, Gaia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BANK LENDING BOOK VALUE COMMUNICATION COSTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FACTOR PRODUCTIVITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR GDP GDP DEFLATOR HUMAN CAPITAL INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY LINES LOW INTEREST RATE MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALUATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155080/services-inputs-firm-productivity-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-firm-level-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9285

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spelling	okr-10986-92852021-04-23T14:02:41Z Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data Arnold, Jens Matthias Mattoo, Aaditya Narciso, Gaia BANK LENDING BOOK VALUE COMMUNICATION COSTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FACTOR PRODUCTIVITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR GDP GDP DEFLATOR HUMAN CAPITAL INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY LINES LOW INTEREST RATE MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALUATION The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000 firms in 10 Sub-Saharan African countries to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The Enterprise Surveys also contain unique measures of firms' access to communications, electricity, and financial services. The availability of these measures at the firm level, both as subjective and objective indicators, allows the authors to exploit the variation in services performance at the subnational regional level. Furthermore, by using the regional variation in services performance, they are also able to address concerns about the possible endogeneity of the services variables. The results show a significant and positive relationship between firm productivity and service performance in all three services sectors analyzed. The authors thus provide support for the argument that improvements in services industries contribute to enhancing the performance of downstream economic activities, and thus are an essential element of a strategy for promoting growth and reducing poverty. 2012-06-26T19:49:40Z 2012-06-26T19:49:40Z 2006-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155080/services-inputs-firm-productivity-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-firm-level-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9285 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4048 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	BANK LENDING BOOK VALUE COMMUNICATION COSTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FACTOR PRODUCTIVITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR GDP GDP DEFLATOR HUMAN CAPITAL INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY LINES LOW INTEREST RATE MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES VALUATION
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description	The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000 firms in 10 Sub-Saharan African countries to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The Enterprise Surveys also contain unique measures of firms' access to communications, electricity, and financial services. The availability of these measures at the firm level, both as subjective and objective indicators, allows the authors to exploit the variation in services performance at the subnational regional level. Furthermore, by using the regional variation in services performance, they are also able to address concerns about the possible endogeneity of the services variables. The results show a significant and positive relationship between firm productivity and service performance in all three services sectors analyzed. The authors thus provide support for the argument that improvements in services industries contribute to enhancing the performance of downstream economic activities, and thus are an essential element of a strategy for promoting growth and reducing poverty.
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author	Arnold, Jens Matthias Mattoo, Aaditya Narciso, Gaia
author_facet	Arnold, Jens Matthias Mattoo, Aaditya Narciso, Gaia
author_sort	Arnold, Jens Matthias
title	Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
title_short	Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
title_full	Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
title_fullStr	Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
title_full_unstemmed	Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
title_sort	services inputs and firm productivity in sub-saharan africa : evidence from firm-level data
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155080/services-inputs-firm-productivity-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-firm-level-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9285
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Services Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Data

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