Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss

Economic growth in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire occurred in tandem with a rapid exodus of labor out of agriculture. This paper investigates the contribution (or lack thereof) of within- and between-sector productivity changes to over...

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Main Author:	Haile, Fiseha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY LABOR MARKET INFORMAL LABOR INFORMALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968921518461271453/Structural-change-in-west-Africa-a-tale-of-gain-and-loss http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29370

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spelling	okr-10986-293702021-06-08T14:42:48Z Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss Haile, Fiseha STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY LABOR MARKET INFORMAL LABOR INFORMALITY Economic growth in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire occurred in tandem with a rapid exodus of labor out of agriculture. This paper investigates the contribution (or lack thereof) of within- and between-sector productivity changes to overall productivity growth and output per capita growth since 2000. Productivity growth was relatively significant in Burkina Faso, modest in Benin, and in the negative territory in Cote d'Ivoire. The results show that static structural change drove growth in Burkina Faso and Benin, although it was partly offset by a dynamic loss in Benin. However, structural change made a smaller contribution in Cote d'Ivoire. Within-sector productivity loss generally held back growth. The pattern of structural change observed in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire starkly contrasts with that of Asia, where within-sector productivity gains were preponderant and dynamic structural change was the norm rather than the exception. The bulk of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire's displaced agricultural workers moved into still-low productivity service activities, as is typical of the African sample. 2018-02-16T21:22:28Z 2018-02-16T21:22:28Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968921518461271453/Structural-change-in-west-Africa-a-tale-of-gain-and-loss http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29370 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8336 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa West Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire
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description	Economic growth in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire occurred in tandem with a rapid exodus of labor out of agriculture. This paper investigates the contribution (or lack thereof) of within- and between-sector productivity changes to overall productivity growth and output per capita growth since 2000. Productivity growth was relatively significant in Burkina Faso, modest in Benin, and in the negative territory in Cote d'Ivoire. The results show that static structural change drove growth in Burkina Faso and Benin, although it was partly offset by a dynamic loss in Benin. However, structural change made a smaller contribution in Cote d'Ivoire. Within-sector productivity loss generally held back growth. The pattern of structural change observed in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire starkly contrasts with that of Asia, where within-sector productivity gains were preponderant and dynamic structural change was the norm rather than the exception. The bulk of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire's displaced agricultural workers moved into still-low productivity service activities, as is typical of the African sample.
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author	Haile, Fiseha
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title	Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss
title_short	Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss
title_full	Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss
title_fullStr	Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss
title_full_unstemmed	Structural Change in West Africa : A Tale of Gain and Loss
title_sort	structural change in west africa : a tale of gain and loss
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968921518461271453/Structural-change-in-west-Africa-a-tale-of-gain-and-loss http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29370
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