The Changing Structure of Africa’s Economies

Using data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center’s Africa Sector Database and the Demographic and Health Surveys, we show 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 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Diao, Xinshen, Harttgen, Kenneth, McMillan, Margaret
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30958