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New patterns of structural change and effects on inclusive development : a case study of South Africa and Brazil

Greenstein, Joshua - 2015

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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The COVID-19 pandemic and the economy in Southern Africa

Makgetla, Neva Seidman - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe economic consequences in Southern Africa, resulting in an unprecedented decline in production and employment. Similar policy responses have emerged across the region, centred on temporary and inadequate relief for workers and businesses; very limited fiscal...

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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?

Addison, Tony - 2015

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...

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The state, the market, and development

Stiglitz, Joseph E. - 2016

The state has played a major role in the most important developmental successes. This paper discusses the advances in our understanding of the role of the state in the developmental process over the past thirty years, and the contribution to those advances played by changes in economics, changes...

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A macroeconomic perspective on Asian development

Bhaduri, Amit - 2018

Macroeconomic strategies and policies have differed significantly among Asian countries over the last fifty years, and yet some common issues recur despite their immense diversity in inherited historical initial conditions, differences in political systems, geo-political situations, location and...

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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms actively and consistently for three decades now, and has produced many laws, processes and structures that are 'best in class' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the...

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Industries without smokestacks : Mozambique country case study

Cruz, Antonio S.; Mafambissa, Fausto J. - 2016

Under the current international economic conditions, where Asian countries are strong competitors in the manufacturing commodities, low-income countries like Mozambique could attempt to compete in industries without smokestacks. Fruits and vegetables, agro-processing goods, and various tradable...

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The agro-processing industry and its potential for structural transformation of the Ghanaian economy

Owoo, Nkechi S.; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica P. - 2017

The paper explores the potential of Ghana's agro-processing industry in contributing to the development and structural …

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Aid, growth and private capital flows to Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko - 2012

This study provides an analysis of the aid-private capital flows-growth nexus for Ghana. It is premised on the argument … that Ghana's new status as a middle income country plus the start of oil production is bound to result in a reduction in … curse'. The study makes two key observations about the economy of Ghana. First, it notes that although the structure of the …

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Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Ghana

Osei, Robert Darko; Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; … - 2020

This study examines the structural transformation-inclusive growth nexus for Ghana. The data cover the post …-independence period for Ghana and are phased into three periods: the post-independence period to the start of the economic recovery …

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