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# IPM Issue 3 Editor’s Overview

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# IPM Issue 3 Editor’s Overview

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Sharpe, Andrew. 2001. “Editor’s Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 3 (Fall 2001): 1–2. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-3/

## Author:

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Andrew Sharpe
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

## IPM Issue 3

Fall 2001 pp. 1–2

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The editorial overview for Issue 3 introduces six articles on productivity topics including the contribution of ICTs to Canada-U.S. productivity growth, Ireland’s economic boom and lessons for other countries, OECD productivity trends, international manufacturing productivity comparisons via the ICOP database, Canada’s construction sector productivity performance, and a review of Angus Maddison’s book on world economic history.

Cet aperçu éditorial pour le numéro 3 présente six articles sur des thèmes de productivité, notamment la contribution des TIC à la croissance de la productivité au Canada et aux États-Unis, le boom économique de l’Irlande et ses enseignements pour d’autres pays, les tendances de productivité dans les pays de l’OCDE, les comparaisons internationales de productivité manufacturière par le biais de la base de données ICOP, la performance du secteur de la construction au Canada en matière de productivité, et une recension de l’ouvrage d’Angus Maddison sur l’histoire économique mondiale.

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