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On productivity and technology diffusion in Nigeria

Author(s) -

diyo

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

south african journal of economic and management sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2222-3436

pISSN - 1015-8812

DOI - 10.4102/sajems.v6i4.1525

Subject(s) - productivity , total factor productivity , argument (complex analysis) , technological change , economics , diffusion , production (economics) , industrial organization , economic growth , macroeconomics , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics

This study analyses the long-term trend in knowledge diffusion and productivity growth in Nigeria using a translog specification. The results indicate the need for technological upgrading and imply that policies designed to promote technological development should address the complementarities between different factors of production. The article, thus, provides some support for the argument that total factor productivity (TFP) is technological knowledge and can impact significantly on productivity in a developing econom

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