imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …

substantial progress on the understanding and acceptance of industrial policy and that Africa could benefit enormously from it and …

herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While … industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also … influence the urbanization process. In fact, the relationship between industrialization and urbanization is absent in Sub …

In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the …

increasingly less stark relationship between manufacturing intensity and gross value added per capita. The paper then assesses … than in manufacturing. Focusing on African economies, the paper presents a country-by-country historical analysis of … transition of labor out of agriculture, with manufacturing absorbing this labor in the decades prior to the 1990s, while another …

Africa will be undergoing substantial demographic changes in the coming decades with the rising working age share of … catch up to other developing countries. If the skill share of Africa's labor supply doubles because of improvements in …

Many countries in Africa suffer high rates of underemployment or low rates of productive employment; many also …

growth and economic development in post-colonial Africa. The paper investigates the paradox of increased female enrollment in …

recovery in developed countries, numerous weather shocks, and civil conflicts in Africa? This paper "stress tests" African … economies. The findings indicate that Africa's long-term growth is fairly impervious to a prolonged recession in high … and violence will pose by far the greatest threat to Africa's performance …