productivity growth in Malaysia. Using data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia from 1987 to 2018 and decompositions that …, the country's impressive growth in output per capita over the past three decades can largely be attributed not to its … structural transformation but instead to sustained growth in within-sector labor productivity. At 3 percent, the contribution of …

This paper documents that structural change positively contributed to labor productivity growth in Guinea during 2006 …-15. However, the contribution of structural change to productivity growth was modest (about one percentage point per year on … of structural change to productivity growth has declined over time, mainly due to the increased labor market rigidity …

Ethiopia has achieved sustained high growth for more than a decade. At the same time, the country has been facing … economic growth. Currency undervaluation is a second-best policy intervention that can help offset some of the key constraints … to manufacturing growth prevalent in low-income countries and speed up structural transformation. However, exchange rate …

Ghana has experienced a decade of solid and exceptionally high growth. Between 2005 and 2015, income nearly doubled …. This paper analyzes the factors driving this impressive growth performance, using tools such as structural change … decompositions and growth regressions. For the comparative perspective, the paper compares Ghana with its structural and aspirational …