Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
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Authors:
Bart van Ark -
Publication Date:
March 2008 -
Report Number:
R-1421-08-RR
This report is the first comprehensive overview of new data on productivity, growth, and employment trends through 2007 based on The Conference Board's and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre's Total Economy Database. The seven statistical tables provide an overview of productivity, GDP, hours worked, and growth rates for 38 advanced economies as well as estimates for major emerging economies in Central and Eastern Europe, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Mexico. Also included: estimates of productivity, GDP, and employment for more than 100 countries, including all major economies, covering 98 percent of total world output.
Topics covered include:
- The Impact of Productivity Trends on the Global Economy and Business
- The Productivity Story in Advanced Economies
- Sources of Growth Analysis Point to Continued Weakness in Europe
- Developing and Emerging Economies Show Competitiveness Challenges
- Emerging Economies Pull the Global Productivity Train
- Innovation Is the Key ,While Skilled Labor Is the Bottleneck