Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data

We compare samples of textiles and garments producers across groups of countries to find that, in general, productivity is far lower in Sub-Saharan Africa than it is in India. Indian manufacturers in turn are significantly less productive than their counterparts in Morocco, while producers in some S...

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Main Authors:	Elbadawi, Ibrahim, Mengistae, Taye, Temesge, Tilahun, Zeufack, Albert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5687

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spelling	okr-10986-56872021-04-23T14:02:23Z Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data Elbadawi, Ibrahim Mengistae, Taye Temesge, Tilahun Zeufack, Albert Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120 We compare samples of textiles and garments producers across groups of countries to find that, in general, productivity is far lower in Sub-Saharan Africa than it is in India. Indian manufacturers in turn are significantly less productive than their counterparts in Morocco, while producers in some SSA countries do match or exceed the Indian standard. The paper assesses the importance of geography as a possible factor in these gaps compared to such possible causes as trade policy and the quality of public institutions. It turns out that both institutions and trade policy are strong influences on country productivity averages. However, geography is also as powerful an influence in as far as it affects access to export markets and to input supplies. 2012-03-30T07:34:02Z 2012-03-30T07:34:02Z 2009-04 Journal Article Journal of Developing Areas 0022037X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5687 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Africa Morocco India
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description	We compare samples of textiles and garments producers across groups of countries to find that, in general, productivity is far lower in Sub-Saharan Africa than it is in India. Indian manufacturers in turn are significantly less productive than their counterparts in Morocco, while producers in some SSA countries do match or exceed the Indian standard. The paper assesses the importance of geography as a possible factor in these gaps compared to such possible causes as trade policy and the quality of public institutions. It turns out that both institutions and trade policy are strong influences on country productivity averages. However, geography is also as powerful an influence in as far as it affects access to export markets and to input supplies.
format	Journal Article
author	Elbadawi, Ibrahim Mengistae, Taye Temesge, Tilahun Zeufack, Albert
author_facet	Elbadawi, Ibrahim Mengistae, Taye Temesge, Tilahun Zeufack, Albert
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title	Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data
title_short	Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data
title_full	Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data
title_fullStr	Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data
title_full_unstemmed	Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data
title_sort	economic geography and manufacturing productivity in africa : an analysis of firm level data
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Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa : An Analysis of Firm Level Data

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