Structural Transformation in Africa: Static Gains, Dynamic Losses

被引:98
作者
de Vries, Gaaitzen [1 ]
Timmer, Marcel [1 ]
de Vries, Klaas [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Groningen, Fac Econ & Business, Groningen Growth & Dev Ctr, NL-9700 AB Groningen, Netherlands
[2] Conf Board, Brussels, Belgium
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
STATISTICAL TRAGEDY; GROWTH; SET;
D O I
10.1080/00220388.2014.997222
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
This paper places recent growth and structural transformation in 11 Sub-Saharan African countries in historical and international perspective. During the early post-independence period, resources were reallocated to manufacturing activities with high productivity growth. Structural change stalled in the mid-1970s. When it resumed in the 1990s, workers mainly relocated to distributive trade services. Productivity levels in these activities were higher than in agriculture, enhancing overall economy performance. But services productivity growth was sluggish and increasingly falling behind the world frontier. These patterns are also observed in Latin America, but not in Asia.
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页码:674 / 688
页数:15
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