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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Main Authors:	Deudibe, Gildas, Merfeld, Joshua, Ndoutamou, Justin, Newhouse, David
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT POVERTY STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR MOBILITY POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RATE OF CONVERGENCE AGRICULTURE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848321581049030560/Structural-Transformation-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33327

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spelling	okr-10986-333272021-09-10T08:46:24Z Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa Deudibe, Gildas Merfeld, Joshua Ndoutamou, Justin Newhouse, David AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT POVERTY STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR MOBILITY POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RATE OF CONVERGENCE AGRICULTURE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT 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. 2020-02-13T19:31:56Z 2020-02-13T19:31:56Z 2020-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848321581049030560/Structural-Transformation-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33327 English Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT POVERTY STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR MOBILITY POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RATE OF CONVERGENCE AGRICULTURE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT POVERTY STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION LABOR MOBILITY POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RATE OF CONVERGENCE AGRICULTURE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT Deudibe, Gildas Merfeld, Joshua Ndoutamou, Justin Newhouse, David Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
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relation	Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 19
description	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.
format	Brief
author	Deudibe, Gildas Merfeld, Joshua Ndoutamou, Justin Newhouse, David
author_facet	Deudibe, Gildas Merfeld, Joshua Ndoutamou, Justin Newhouse, David
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title	Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	structural transformation in sub-saharan africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/848321581049030560/Structural-Transformation-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33327
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Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa

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