Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea

This paper documents that structural change positively contributed to labor productivity growth in Guinea during 2006-15. However, the contribution of structural change to productivity growth was modest (about one percentage point per year on avera...

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Main Authors:	Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou, Conde, Lancine
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY INFORMALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643751596034468812/Structural-Change-and-Productivity-Growth-in-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34259

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spelling	okr-10986-342592022-09-20T00:12:09Z Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou Conde, Lancine STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY INFORMALITY This paper documents that structural change positively contributed to labor productivity growth in Guinea during 2006-15. However, the contribution of structural change to productivity growth was modest (about one percentage point per year on average), because labor moved from agriculture, the least productive sector, into other relatively low-productivity activities, such as wholesale and retail trade and community services. Although such services are more productive than agriculture, they are low-productivity activities because of the high level of informality. The paper also finds that the contribution of structural change to productivity growth has declined over time, mainly due to the increased labor market rigidity, lower competitive real exchange rate, declining human capital, and weaker government effectiveness. The paper provides a discussion of the policy implications of the findings. 2020-07-30T16:22:34Z 2020-07-30T16:22:34Z 2020-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643751596034468812/Structural-Change-and-Productivity-Growth-in-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34259 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9341 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 Guinea
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description	This paper documents that structural change positively contributed to labor productivity growth in Guinea during 2006-15. However, the contribution of structural change to productivity growth was modest (about one percentage point per year on average), because labor moved from agriculture, the least productive sector, into other relatively low-productivity activities, such as wholesale and retail trade and community services. Although such services are more productive than agriculture, they are low-productivity activities because of the high level of informality. The paper also finds that the contribution of structural change to productivity growth has declined over time, mainly due to the increased labor market rigidity, lower competitive real exchange rate, declining human capital, and weaker government effectiveness. The paper provides a discussion of the policy implications of the findings.
format	Working Paper
author	Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou Conde, Lancine
author_facet	Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou Conde, Lancine
author_sort	Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou
title	Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea
title_short	Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea
title_full	Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea
title_fullStr	Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea
title_full_unstemmed	Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea
title_sort	structural change and productivity growth in guinea
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643751596034468812/Structural-Change-and-Productivity-Growth-in-Guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34259
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Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea

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