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Information Technology and the World Economy 115
Latin America (19 Economies)
Period 1989-1995 Period 1995-2001
Sources of Growth (% points per annum) Sources of Growth (% points per annum)
GDP Capital Labor GDP Capital Labor
Economy Growth ICT Non-ICT Hours Quality TFP Growth ICT Non-ICT Hours Quality TFP
Argentina 4.88 0.20 0.41 -0.19 0.61 3.86 1.37 0.21 0.26 1.99 0.56 -1.65
Bolivia 4.10 0.05 0.76 2.35 0.77 0.17 3.03 0.43 1.58 1.45 0.70 -1.12
Brazil 1.84 0.10 0.25 0.99 0.79 -0.29 2.09 0.44 0.47 0.69 0.72 -0.23
Chile 7.55 0.28 1.53 1.52 0.52 3.69 4.01 0.51 1.91 0.65 0.47 0.47
Colombia 4.35 0.16 0.87 1.79 0.75 0.78 0.96 0.53 0.42 0.28 0.70 -0.97
Costa Rica 5.02 0.35 1.75 1.62 0.60 0.70 4.19 0.81 1.53 1.47 0.56 -0.17
Ecuador 2.64 0.07 0.52 2.01 0.84 -0.79 1.61 0.11 0.26 1.21 0.76 -0.73
El Salvador 5.78 0.08 1.27 2.17 0.76 1.52 2.79 0.23 1.38 1.90 0.71 -1.44
Guatemala 4.00 0.04 0.65 1.97 0.88 0.46 3.61 0.14 1.34 1.81 0.84 -0.52
Honduras 2.92 0.05 1.31 2.35 1.00 -1.79 2.92 0.14 1.76 2.16 0.91 -2.05
Jamaica 2.29 0.10 1.11 0.98 0.73 -0.62 0.22 0.32 0.91 0.83 0.67 -2.52
Mexico 2.09 0.20 0.88 1.48 0.74 -1.21 4.37 0.19 0.87 1.85 0.64 0.81
Nicaragua 1.20 0.18 -0.24 1.32 1.00 -1.06 5.95 0.28 1.07 2.97 0.91 0.73
Panama 5.76 0.05 1.23 1.95 0.66 1.85 3.88 0.14 2.07 1.46 0.58 -0.38
Paraguay 3.16 0.04 1.38 1.88 0.71 -0.84 1.03 0.26 0.66 1.38 0.64 -1.91
Peru 3.56 0.08 0.94 1.86 0.80 -0.12 2.06 0.21 1.18 1.63 0.67 -1.62
Trinidad and Tobago 1.40 0.05 0.39 1.60 0.67 -1.31 4.58 0.17 1.78 1.57 0.62 0.45
Uruguay 3.27 0.13 0.50 0.52 0.55 1.57 1.17 0.42 0.83 0.04 0.55 -0.66
Venezuela 3.87 0.13 0.03 1.91 0.86 0.94 0.97 0.27 0.05 1.26 0.78 -1.39
All Group 2.95 0.15 0.57 1.18 0.74 0.31 2.52 0.34 0.66 1.22 0.67 -0.36