Austan Goolsbee on Productivity and Economic Overheating
" You can easily overheat the economy in the short run before the magic of the productivity has arrived," said Austan D. Goolsbee, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on the ...
Why Agricultural Productivity Matters for the Future of Latin America and the Caribbean
Since 1961, the region’s agricultural output has increased sixfold, driven primarily by gains in productivity. However, over the past decade, agricultural productivity growth has slowed, also slowi...
How is GDP measured when a company designs a product in one country but manufactures it in another? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake speaks with Jennifer Ribar...
Government-funded patents are just 2% of the total — yet they account for 20% of US productivity growth. How?
Paolo Surico (London Business School & CEPR) joins Tim Phillips to discuss his ambi...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is diffusing rapidly, but Europe risks capturing only a modest growth boost without reforms. Fragmented services, limited access to finance for innovation, labor market...
Improving productivity is at the heart of the government’s plans for public services, underpins the ‘strategic and agile state’ and is a critical enabler for many of its ambitions for the future.
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CEPAL presenta su metodología de encadenamientos productivos a Centros de Negocio de Chile
En el primer Meet Up 2026 de Sercotec, la CEPAL presentó su metodología de encadenamientos productivos ante los Centros de Negocio de Chile, una herramienta clave para fortalecer la asociatividad e...
Productivity Ecosystems: Shaping Policy for Decent Work
This video focuses on the macro level of the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work approach, highlighting how national policies and social dialogue shape an enabling environment for productivity ...
Productivity Ecosystems: Strengthening Sectors for Growth
This video highlights the meso level of the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work approach, focusing on strengthening sectoral institutions and value chains. It showcases how collaboration betwee...
Productivity Ecosystems: Transforming Enterprises and Jobs
This video focuses on the micro level, showcasing how the project supports enterprises and workers to improve productivity and working conditions. It highlights real experiences from SMEs in the au...
At BWC’s Global Economic Prospects Briefing, M. Ayhan Kose from the World Bank discusses the productivity potential of AI, the future of the global economy, and more.
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A discussion of the deeper structural reasons behind Latin America’s long-running productivity challenge — and why it matters for growth.
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...sociate professor of economics at the University of Chicago and author of Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People. In this Podcast, P...
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Presented by: Sagar V. Baviskar, Carnegie Mellon University
Other Authors:
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBE...
Productivity is the foundation of prosperity. Technological breakthroughs, globalization, and financial innovation have lifted productivity over the past half century, yet these advances have disru...
The forecast for trend productivity growth is *the key judgement* for the OBR at the upcoming Budget.
It's widely expected to be downgraded, even though productivity has been improving in recent m...
Transformación productiva en ALC: el papel de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación según CEPAL
"En un mundo donde los avances tecnológicos y la innovación están redefiniendo el desarrollo, América Latina y el Caribe tienen una oportunidad única para transformar estas fuerzas en motores de pr...
The most productive firms in East Asia and Pacific (EAP) are falling further behind global leaders, especially in the digital-intensive sectors that drive innovation. Synchronized reforms to improv...