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The structural anatomy and institutional architecture of inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorbecke, Erik - 2014
The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been relatively inclusive. The recent structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242056
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State capability and prospects for close co-ordination : considerations for industrial policy in Africa
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2015
Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496110
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Structural transformation, openness, and productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Karimu, Suale - 2019
This paper examines the connections of structural change and economic openness to labour productivity growth using a panel data set of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1991-2015. A dynamic panel model of cross-country productivity growth is estimated using the least squares with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161276
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Structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth in China
Li, Yanan; Xing, Chunbing - 2020
major reforms to the land system, the Hukou system, the ownership of state-owned enterprises, and trade policies. Despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181039
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Benign growth : structural transformation and inclusive growth in Thailand
Warr, Peter George; Suphannachart, Waleerat - 2020
Between 1981 and 2017, real gross domestic product in Thailand grew at an average annual rate of 5.7 per cent. Agricultural output grew more slowly than industry or services, and its gross domestic product share consequently declined. Industry's gross domestic product share increased, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203791
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Sectoral shifts and labour market outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
Jobe, Amie M.; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2023
Using the Economic Transformation Database, this paper attempts to assess the magnitude of structural transformation and the effects of sectoral shifts due to structural transformation on the labour market performance of 18 sub-Saharan African countries over the period from 1990 to 2018. The...
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Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens
Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Over the past twenty years, Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in promoting macroeconomic growth and stability. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household survey data to dig into these trends and provide...
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Africa's lockdown dilemma : high poverty and low trust
Egger, Eva-Maria; Jones, Sam; Justino, Patricia; … - 2020
The primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population. However, there is growing unease that blindly replicating these policies might inflict irreparable damage to poor households and foment social unrest in...
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Development and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
Addison, Tony; Pikkarainen, Ville; Rönkkö, Risto; … - 2017
This paper puts sub-Saharan Africa's economic development into perspective. While much did not go as hoped for at independence, much of the region has been on a more promising development trajectory since the mid-1990s, as we illustrate using growth, poverty, and human development indicators. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777012
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Legal empowerment of the poor through property rights reform : tensions and trade-offs of land registration and titling in sub-Saharan Africa
Boone, Catherine - 2017
Land registration and titling in Africa has been seen as a means of legal empowerment of the poor that can protect … smallholders' and pastoralists' rights of access to land and other land-based resources. Land registration is also on the … will transfer land out of the hands of smallholders and into the hands of 'those who can make most efficient or productive …
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