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Roads and jobs in Ethiopia
Fiorini, Matteo; Sanfilippo, Marco - 2019
We look at how improving roads can affect jobs and structural transformation. We use a novel geocoded dataset covering … the universe of Ethiopian roads and match this information with individual data to identify the effects of improvements in … the district level, higher market potential due to better roads contributes to the creation of new jobs, reduces the share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161342
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Industrial development in Asia : trends in industrialization and industrial policy experiences of developing Asia
Chang, Ha-joon; Zach, Kiryl - 2018
Industrial transformation of Asia arguably constitutes the most surprising and dramatic change in the global economy in the last fifty years. This paper provides an outline of some of the most important trends of this development and analyses selected national industrial policies that promoted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913493
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The developer's dilemma : a survey of structural transformation and inequality dynamics
Alisjahbana, Armida S.; Kim, Kyunghoon; Sen, Kunal; … - 2020
This paper discusses the 'developer's dilemma' - a tension emerging from the fact that developing countries are simultaneously seeking structural transformation and broad-based growth to raise incomes of the poor. Simon Kuznets originally hypothesized that structural transformation may have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183608
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427588
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Industry in Tanzania : performance, prospects, and public policy
Page, John M. - 2016
Tanzania ranks among the leading stars of the 'African growth miracle', but a sector that has been largely absent from the Tanzania success story is industry. Although growth of manufacturing has outpaced economic growth over the past decade, relative to international norms and its ambitious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437700
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382454
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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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Urbanization, climate change, and structural transformation in Accra, Ghana
Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Ohemeng, Williams; … - 2024
This study examines the effect of climate on citywide labour productivity in the Accra city region. We use data from Ghana's Integrated Business and Establishment Survey dataset, climate data at the sub-city level from Ghana Meteorological Agency, and satellite and reanalysis data, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525769
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Ethiopia : an agrarian economy in transition
Seid, Yared; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; Ali, Seid Nuru - 2015
Ethiopia has experienced rapid economic growth since 2005. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average rate of … structural transformation that Ethiopia has shown in the last decade, including a continuous decline in the role of agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438433
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Trade liberalization, employment, and gender in Ethiopia
Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sanfilippo, Marco; Vivoli, Arianna - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509309