State of the art for measuring productivity and technical efficiency in Latin America: Nicaragua Case

Authors

  • Álvaro Santiago López-González Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, UNAN – Managua. Programa de Doctorado en Desarrollo Rural Territorial Sustentable
  • Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-8304
  • Mario Ramón López Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, UNAN – Managua. RUCFA-CINET.
  • Olman José Quirós-Madrigal Universidad de Costa Rica. Centro de Investigación en Economía Agrícola y Desarrollo Agroalimentario. (CIEDA)
  • Adelfa Patricia Colón-García Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. CURLA-Honduras.
  • José Navas-Calderón Universidad Nacional autónoma de Nicaragua, León. Facultad De Ciencias económicas y Empresariales.
  • Erick Martínez-Andrades Universidad Nacional autónoma de Nicaragua, León. CUR Somotillo.
  • Raúl Alberto Rangel-Cura Instituto de Geografía Tropical. Cuba.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v1i2.2478

Keywords:

Productivity, Technical Efficiency, Technological Change, Borders production

Abstract

In this article were presented the results of a literature review from textbooks and scientific papers that address theory of "productivity" and "technical efficiency" as two key economic indicators to determine the economic growth reflected a productive unit, an economic sector or a nation. The study found that countries with a higher contribution of technical progress to the change in productivity in the period of 50 years (1960-2010) were analyzed recorded the Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, with indexes of around 0.3%. Furthermore, it is evident that the 19 countries analyzed in this study showed a decreasing technical efficiency, which means that the contribution of TFP that efficiency was negative in all countries. In the case of Nicaragua it was noted that some authors TFP estimated between 0.016 and 0.018 of growth.

Rev. iberoam. bioecon. cambio clim. Vol. 1 num 2, 2015, pág. 76-100  

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Author Biography

Carlos Alberto Zúniga-González, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Veterinarias, Departamento de Agroecologia.  Centro de Investigación en ciencias agriarias y economia aplicada.

Coordinador de Red Iberoamericana de Bioeconomía y Cambio Climático

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Published

2016-07-20

How to Cite

López-González, Álvaro S., Zúniga-González, C. A., López, M. R., Quirós-Madrigal, O. J., Colón-García, A. P., Navas-Calderón, J., Martínez-Andrades, E., & Rangel-Cura, R. A. (2016). State of the art for measuring productivity and technical efficiency in Latin America: Nicaragua Case. Rev. Iberoam. Bioecon. Cambio Clim., 1(2), 76–100. https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v1i2.2478

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Bioeconomy

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