Houssa, Romain; Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J. - Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de … - 2010
This paper employs a production frontier approach that allows distinguishing technologic progress from efficiency development. Data on 35 African countries in 1970-2007 show that efficiency losses have constrained growth in Africa while technology progress has played a marginal growth enhancing...