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saturation of the services sector. Moreover, productivity growth is weakening within more labour-intensive sectors. We conclude …
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Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by … that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product market reforms boost labour productivity growth. By documenting the main … channels, our results reveal that the reforms studied stimulate labour productivity growth by inducing dynamic efficiency …
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This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using Census data from the two countries, the analysis combines a household level multidimensional indicator of well-being with the applications of growth incidence curves and a sectoral...
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performance, and a productivity-reducing structural transformation, characterized by an increasing concentration of low … productivity labour in the informal service sector. The paper suggests a move away from the dual-economy to a three … require accelerated agricultural productivity growth, a modernized informal service sector, and effective industrialization …
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displaced workers are absorbed into low-productivity and informal market services (especially with employment increase in non …-business market services such as trade, transport, hotels, and accommodation activities). In contrast, if high-productivity nonmarket …
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, reflecting barriers to labour mobility. The rising labour productivity (since 2009) indicates an improvement in the efficiency of …
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/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database to measure the contribution to growth of productivity improvements within sectors and … change and productivity growth in manufacturing. An attribution exercise suggests that structural change and agricultural … productivity growth account for a substantial share of poverty reduction in developing Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and that …
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The services sector is dominant and continues to experience unprecedented growth in many developing economies. However, in-depth empirical analysis of the drivers ofservicessector growth acceleration is limited. This paper examines and identifies the underlying factors that explain services...
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This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
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This paper examines the theoretical and empirical evidence for the hypothesis that manufacturing is the main engine of growth in developing countries. The paper opens with an overview of the main arguments supporting the engine of growth hypothesis and then examines each of these arguments using...
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