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transformation is vital for Africa. The region's much-lauded growth turnaround since 1995 has been the result of making fewer … economic policy mistakes, robust commodity prices, and new discoveries of natural resources. At the same time, Africa …'s exports. Industry is most often the leading driver of structural transformation. Africa's experience with industrialization …
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This work examines how African policy makers might develop better coordination between the public and private sectors to identify the constraints to faster structural transformation, and to design, implement, and monitor policies to remove them
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This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills,...
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This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of maternity leave from four months to six months in Viet Nam's 2012 Labor Code. To identify this effect, labour market outcomes of groups of women and men are compared. We use the...
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