Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Economic development is typically accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as structural transformation. This note aims to better understand the ongoing structural transfor...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848321581049030560/Structural-Transformation-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33327 |
| Summary: | Economic development is typically
accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the
non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as
structural transformation. This note aims to better
understand the ongoing structural transformation in
Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that: (i) the structural
transformation is occurring more slowly, and is much less
variable across countries, than prevailing estimates
suggest; (ii) there is a weak relationship between initial
agricultural employment shares and the pace of
transformation, suggesting little convergence across
regions; and (iii) movement out of agricultural employment
is clearly but only modestly correlated with poverty reduction. |
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