Not only has the business cycle reached the point at which productivity growth usually slows, it also has several characteristics that may have exacerbated temporary productivity swings.
The food challenges in Africa are multipronged: The population is growing, but it is threatened by low farm productivity exacerbated by weather changes, shorter fallow periods, and rural-urban migration that deprives farming communities of young people.
But one researcher is arguing that workplace stress brought on by deadlines and time crunches -- and the resulting harm done to our health, happiness and productivity -- is exacerbated by an unlikely element: clocks.
The low productivity is exacerbated by long calving intervals and a late age of puberty.
23 Economic shocks can lead to a vicious cycle of poverty and psychological distress exacerbated by lost household productivity because of possible long-term morbidity and severe illness.
This low productivity is exacerbated by long calving intervals and a late age at puberty in the cows in developing countries.
The relatively greater propensity for illness in Boer goats leading to reduced lifetime productivity is exacerbated by the limited variety of pharmaceuticals approved for use in goat herd health management programs.
The sector is characterised by subsistence and semi-subsistence farming, dominated by small-sized family farms with low productivity and competitiveness, exacerbated by slow progress in fulfilment of minimum product quality and marketing standards, as well as challenges facing the ecosystem and vulnerability to climate change.
Moreover, the fragile commitments from the members exacerbate the lower productivity of the beehives.
Chronic exhaustion causes a strain on the economy since it significantly reduces productivity, exacerbates other health conditions and increases the risk of motor vehicle and workplace accidents.
