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Labour market effects of digital matching platforms : experimental evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Jones, Sam; Sen, Kunal - 2022

Can digital labour market platforms reduce search frictions in either formal or informal labour markets? We study this question using a randomized experiment embedded in a tracer study of the work transitions of graduates from technical and vocational colleges in Mozambique. We implement an...

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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...

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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle

Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014

We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...

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Mozambique's industrialization

Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, Constantino Pedro - 2014

than 7 per cent annually since 1992, the economy is mostly based on low-productivity agriculture. Manufacturing contributes …

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Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai : RCT evidence from Mozambique

Berkel, Hanna; Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Tarp, Finn - 2021

In March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused widespread damage, including businesses in the enterprise sector. We use panel data and a randomized controlled trial to estimate the impact of unconditional cash grants on micro enterprises and their recovery. We find that, on...

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What is the state of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique?

Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Schou, Søren - 2018

picture of the manufacturing sector. However, it is not obvious whether this is true for the population of manufacturing firms … 2017 by considering other indicators of the health of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique, including manufacturing gross … domestic product, the latest enterprise census, and satellite imagery. Results indicate that the manufacturing sector grows at …

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The costs and benefits of formalization for firms : a mixed-methods study on Mozambique

Berkel, Hanna - 2018

informality as a continuum consisting of four degrees. The quantitative data includes 516 manufacturing enterprises which are …

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Industrial development and growth in Nigeria : lessons and challenges

Chete, Louis N.; Adeoti, J. O.; Adeyinka, F. M.; … - 2014

while the manufacturing sector contributed only 4 per cent to GDP in 2011. The economic transformation agenda, otherwise …

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Industrial policy and development in Ethiopia : evolution and present experimentation

Gebreeyesus, Mulu - 2013

There has recently been a resurgence of interest in industrial policy. This paper examines the choices, implementation processes, and outcomes of the Ethiopian present industrial policy. The country represents an excellent case study of recent industrial policy experimentation in Africa as it is...

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Scoping study on the evolution of industry in Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014

resource endowments. Over the last couple of years, industry in Ghana, dominated since independence by the manufacturing … competitive manufacturing sector; how to promote agro-based industrial development to ensure value-addition to manufactures and …

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