Structural change in West Africa : a tale of gain and loss / Fiseha Haile
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Policy research working paper ; 8336Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice Group, February 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 41 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Structural Change in West Africa: A Tale of Gain and Loss. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8336Online resources: Summary: Economic growth in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire occurred in tandem with a rapid exodus of labor out of agriculture. This paper investigates the contribution (or lack thereof) of within- and between-sector productivity changes to overall productivity growth and output per capita growth since 2000. Productivity growth was relatively significant in Burkina Faso, modest in Benin, and in the negative territory in Cote d'Ivoire. The results show that static structural change drove growth in Burkina Faso and Benin, although it was partly offset by a dynamic loss in Benin. However, structural change made a smaller contribution in Cote d'Ivoire. Within-sector productivity loss generally held back growth. The pattern of structural change observed in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire starkly contrasts with that of Asia, where within-sector productivity gains were preponderant and dynamic structural change was the norm rather than the exception. The bulk of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire's displaced agricultural workers moved into still-low productivity service activities, as is typical of the African samplePPN: PPN: 1016353863Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBONo physical items for this record
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