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Manufacturing and economic development
Szirmai, Adam - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381971
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Emerging patterns of manufacturing structural change
Haraguchi, Nobuya; Rezonja, Gorazd - 2011
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors - ;agriculture, industry, and service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261005
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Industrialization in developing countries : is it related to poverty reduction?
Erumban, Abdul Azeez; Vries, Gaaitzen J. de - 2021
This paper proposes an empirical framework that relates poverty reduction to production growth. We use the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database to measure the contribution to growth of productivity improvements within sectors and structural change-the reallocation of workers across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799097
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Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development : Local content in Zambia - a faltering experience?
Lombe, Wilfred C. - 2018
This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia's mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification. It assesses productive linkages and manufacturing competitiveness during import-substitution industrialization and post-1991 liberalization and privatization, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913296
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Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics : evidence from a half-century analysis
Asik, Gunes; Karakoc, Ulas; Marouani, Mohamed Ali; … - 2020
explained by intra-industry changes during the import substitution period. Second, we show that this productivity increase has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174029
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Digital de-industrialization, global value chains, and structural transformation : empirical evidence from low- and middle-income countries
Banga, Karishma; Harbansh, Pankhury; Singh, Surendar - 2023
Digitalization and shifting patterns of globalization are fast changing the rules of the game for countries embarking on a path of industrialization. In this study, we empirically examine the impact of digitalization and global value chains on structural transformation using a cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280598
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Structural transformation and international trade : evidence from the China shock
Nedoncelle, Clément; Wolfersberger, Julien - 2023
How does international trade affect structural transformation in developing countries? We use data on sectoral allocation of labour and value-added in 46 developing economies over the period 1995-2017 and exploit for identification plausibly exogenous variation in manufacturing imports from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280617
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Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana
Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014
This paper chronicles the evolution of industry in Ghana over the post-independence era from an inward over … resource endowments. Over the last couple of years, industry in Ghana, dominated since independence by the manufacturing … and gas. Industry is mainly dominated by micro and small firms, privately-owned and mainly located within urban areas in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337614
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How many manufacturing firms are there in Mozambique?
Schou, Søren; Cardoso, José - 2014
This paper addresses the issue of poor data on Mozambican manufacturing firms. A new dataset (the merged manufacturing database) is merged from provincial industrial databases from each of Mozambique's 11 provinces. The new dataset is assessed by comparing it to the latest manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349433
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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014
shifting roles of industry vs. agriculture and that of government, and the public sector vs. markets and the private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260001