We show that much of Africa's recent growth and poverty reduction can be traced to a substantive decline in the share … of the labor force engaged in agriculture. This decline has been accompanied by a systematic increase in the productivity … of the labor force, as it has moved from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity manufacturing and services …

We compare samples of textiles and garments producers across groups of countries to find that, in general, productivity … is far lower in Sub-Saharan Africa than it is in India. Indian manufacturers in turn are significantly less productive … productivity averages. However, geography is also as powerful an influence in as far as it affects access to export markets and to …

the low labor-productivity growth in the African nations-without reinventing the wheel by estimating the impact of … preferential access trade agreement--the ricochet effect of the trade-induced productivity benefits via intermediates in the … Analysis Project (GTAP) with 27 sectors and 51 regions. The paper shows: (i) role of trade-mediated productivity benefits for …

This paper examine the Africa economic growth in different dimension: it tries to analysis the factors responsible for … slow economic growth in Africa and how these factors affect the economic growth issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. By focusing … on the initial growth condition on how they affect growth in Africa at different times. Using regression analysis to …

(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and the World Bank in particular to celebrate dynamic growth in Asia, Africa … ‘South-South' growth. In this context, the paper offers a stylized comparison of Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia as …

Emerging Africa is based on the fundamental conviction that, unless growth resumes, poverty cannot be reduced in the … -- capital accumulation, productivity gains and institutional reforms -- in order to combat long-term poverty. The authors …