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Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors - has not featured in Africa's post-1995 growth story. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343246
Recent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. It finds that the councils...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494237
This paper argues that official development assistance (foreign aid) is partly responsible for the lack of structural change in Africa. Africa's development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical constraints to private investment, infrastructure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319810
Aid providers frequently link supporting small firms to job creation. Small firms create about half of new jobs in Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for Ethiopia, we find that small and large enterprises create...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319821
Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors - has not featured in Africa's post-1995 growth story. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010243497
Recent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors' Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. It finds that the councils...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408445
Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation?the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors?has not featured in
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854479
This paper argues that official development assistance (foreign aid) is partly responsible for the lack of structural change in Africa. Africa.s development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical constraints to private investment, infrastructure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540134
Aid providers frequently link supporting small firms to job creation. Small firms create about half of new jobs in Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for Ethiopia, we fin
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010612995
Recent writing on industrial policy stresses the need for coordination between the public and private sectors. This paper examines the performance of one such coordination mechanism, Presidential Investors. Advisory Councils, in Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzani
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076171