Productivity Growth in Developing Countries

This work combines an empirical analysis of productive efficiency change in Newly Industrializing Countries with a theoretical growth model that explores the implications of improvements in productive efficiency on the growth rate of an economy. Preface List of Figures List of Tables 1. Are Kaldor's Laws Applicable in the Newly Industrializing Countries 2. Incorporating Technical Efficiency in a Growth Model 3. A Statement of the Problem and the Method used in Estimation 4. Results on Estimating Efficiency in Indian Industry 5. Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: A Decomposition in the Spirit of Nishimizu and page (1982) 6. Some Conclusions on Productivity and Efficiency Changes Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography