ALEXANDRIA,Va. — Virginia Tech last week released the 2026 Global Agricultural Productivity report, which suggests that ...

AI could accelerate economic catch-up by cutting the time countries remain trapped in low-productivity states, but access to technology alone will not guarantee convergence. Governments, development ...

This paper addresses the puzzling decline of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) levels in rapidly growing economies, such as Singapore, despite advancements in technology and high GDP per capita growth.

Total factor productivity (TFP) serves as a critical indicator for measuring enterprise efficiency and technological progress. However, existing prediction methods often fail to distinguish genuine ...

Why are some nations rich and others poor? Can the governments of poor nations do something to ensure that their nations become rich? These sorts of questions have long fascinated public officials and ...

A two-decade analysis of all 31 Chinese provinces finds that healthcare productivity has stagnated since 2018, with technological decline and a persistent East-West gap threatening the sustainability ...