This paper by Dean Parham, was released on 5 April 2002. The paper was delivered at the Melbourne Institute and The Australian 2002 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Towards Opportunity and Prosperity, held in Melbourne 4-5 April 2002.

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Contents

1 Introduction and Summary

2 Key features of Australia’s productivity performance

3 The drivers of the productivity surge

4 Australia’s productivity and prosperity in an international setting

5 The productivity outlook

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