Structural Transformation, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana 1991-2012

Ghana’s recent economic growth was accompanied by significant structural transformation. Over the past two decades Ghana has enjoyed sustained economic growth combined with some degree of transformation away from agriculture. This shift was associated with a considerable increase in the relat...

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Main Authors:	Paci, Pierella, Pavelesku, Dan
Format:	Brief
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	productivity employment economic growth services industrial structure sectoral composition
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22731

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title	Structural Transformation, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana 1991-2012
title_short	Structural Transformation, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana 1991-2012
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Structural Transformation, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana 1991-2012

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