Working Paper
The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
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https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
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Policy Research Working Papers
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Diao, Xinshen
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Harttgen, Kenneth
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McMillan, Margaret
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-02-02T17:22:36Z
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2017-02-02T17:22:36Z
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dc.date.issued |
2017-01
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2021-06-08T14:42:47Z
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dc.description.abstract |
Data from the Groningen Growth and
Development Center's Africa Sector Database and the
Demographic and Health Surveys reveals that much of
Africa's recent growth and poverty reduction has been
associated with a substantive decline in the share of the
labor force engaged in agriculture. This decline is most
pronounced for rural females over the age of 25 who have a
primary education; it 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 services and manufacturing. Although the
employment share in manufacturing is not expanding rapidly,
in most of the low-income African countries the employment
share in manufacturing has not peaked and is still
expanding, albeit from very low levels. More work is needed
to understand the implications of these shifts in employment
shares for future growth and development in Africa south of
the Sahara.
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610711485791961374/The-changing-structure-of-Africas-economies
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25995
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English
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en_US
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dc.publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7958
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dc.rights |
CC BY 3.0 IGO
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dc.rights.holder |
World Bank
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
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dc.subject |
structural change
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labor productivity
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structural transformation
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economic growth
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poverty reduction
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dc.subject |
labor market
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dc.subject |
labor productivity
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dc.subject |
services
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dc.subject |
manufacturing
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dc.subject |
employment shares
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dc.title |
The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
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dc.type |
Working Paper
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okr.crossref.title |
The Changing Structure of Africa's Economies
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2017-01-30
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Publications & Research
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610711485791961374/The-changing-structure-of-Africas-economies
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yes
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okr.identifier.doi |
10.1596/1813-9450-7958
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090224b0848d94ab_1_0
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum |
27143407
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okr.identifier.report |
WPS7958
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true
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okr.language.supported |
en
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610711485791961374/pdf/WPS7958.pdf
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okr.region.administrative |
Africa
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okr.region.geographical |
Sub-Saharan Africa
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okr.statistics.dr |
610711485791961374
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okr.topic |
Agriculture :: Agricultural Sector Economics
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Industry :: Industrial Economics
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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Economic Growth
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Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Economic Theory & Research
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okr.topic |
Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
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Operations and Strategy Team, Development Economics Vice Presidency
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