Manufacturing

There's a paradox at the heart of global innovation and productivity

A man rides an escalator near Shanghai Tower (R, under construction), Jin Mao Tower (C) and the Shanghai World Financial Center (L) at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai July 4, 2013.

One theory that has gained a lot of traction lately is that the so-called productivity paradox does not actually exist. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Kemal Derviş
Vice President, Brookings Institution
Zia Qureshi
Director of Strategy and Operations, The World Bank
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