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

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dc.contributor.authorArnold, Jens Matthias
dc.contributor.authorMattoo, Aaditya
dc.contributor.authorNarciso, Gaia
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-26T19:49:40Z
dc.date.available2012-06-26T19:49:40Z
dc.date.issued2006-11
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155080/services-inputs-firm-productivity-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-firm-level-data
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4048
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9285
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4048
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBANK LENDING
dc.subjectBOOK VALUE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION COSTS
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectFACTOR PRODUCTIVITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP DEFLATOR
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNET CONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectLINES
dc.subjectLOW INTEREST RATE
dc.subjectMONOPOLIES
dc.subjectMONOPOLY
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION INPUTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subjectTOTAL COSTS
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.titleServices Inputs and Firm Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Firm-Level Dataen
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okr.crossref.titleServices Inputs And Firm Productivity In Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence From Firm-Level Data
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:36:54.682216Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155080/services-inputs-firm-productivity-sub-saharan-africa-evidence-firm-level-data
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid483771468204860735
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4048
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000016406_20061025142136
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum7155080
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okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Commodities
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Communications
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economics
okr.topicEducation::Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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