Most commentators will tell you fixing productivity is just a matter of political will. But dig even a little into the data, and it becomes obvious it's very complicated.

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

A new analysis has found that if the productivity of 12 declining local manufacturing cities—including Geoje and Gumi in South Gyeongsang Province, and Yeosu in South Jeolla Province—had grown to the ...

When educational attainment rises and knowledge diffuses, productivity accelerates. Innovation becomes commercially viable. Urban centres become value clusters rather than congestion points. Nigeria’s ...