Publication:
Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorZeufack, Albert
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T21:52:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T15:51:49Z
dc.date.available2023-02-13T21:52:46Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T15:51:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractManufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers skeptical about the potential for manufacturing to play this role in Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms, (ii) limited employment gains in large firms, and (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa’s large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa’s large manufacturing firms is partly a result of the capital intensity of the manufacturing subsectors in which African countries are most engaged—the processing of resources—and partly a result of rising capital intensity in manufacturing. The potential for manufacturing to raise living standards in Africa depends on indirect job creation by large firms through backward and forward linkages and increasing labor productivity in small firms.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099854202062391425/IDU02125ef1d01d4904496091ca0f8683b886cf6
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10294
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39411
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10294
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING JOBS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectSMALL FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPREMATURE DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING LINKAGES
dc.titleLabor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleLabor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa
okr.date.disclosure2023-02-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:21:50.314274Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers:: Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099854202062391425/IDU02125ef1d01d4904496091ca0f8683b886cf6
okr.guid099854202062391425
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10294
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-2125ef1d-1d49-4496-91ca-f8683b886cf6
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33996535
okr.identifier.reportwps10294
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099854202062391425/pdf/IDU02125ef1d01d4904496091ca0f8683b886cf6.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicIndustry::General Manufacturing
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Technology and Productivity
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Business in Development
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Competitiveness and Competition Policy
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Global Value Chains and Business Clustering
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist (AFRCE)-210
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
IDU02125ef1d01d4904496091ca0f8683b886cf6.pdf
Size:
1.12 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
IDU02125ef1d01d4904496091ca0f8683b886cf6.txt
Size:
106.67 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
Policy Research Working Papers