"This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine …

This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. We are primarily … emerge. -- GDP per capita ; growth ; Sub-Saharan Africa …

Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its …, but also new risks as Africa's integration with the global economy evolves. Climate change is impacting productive sectors …

-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule …

that Kenya, as the ninth largest economy in Africa and the fourth largest in sub-Saharan Africa and with a locational …

Growth has been high and widespread in the last decade in Africa. Whether this shift in Africa's fortune has impacted … Africa and addresses whether or not previously held belief that Africa is too poor to grow is relevant today. The findings … employment, particularly to increase in employment in the industrial sector, than to increase in mean income. In Africa the co …