Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdogan and Henning Mühlen

No 23-2017, Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences from University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Abstract: In this paper, we analyse the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of sub-Saharan African countries since the mid-1990s. Our analysis covers 41 African countries over the period 1980 to 2014 and accounts for structural transformation by employing the analytical frameworks of (1) growth decomposition and (2) growth regression. Even though the low-productive agricultural sector continues to employ most of the African workforce, our results reveal that structural transformation has taken place and that it has contributed significantly to African growth in the past decades.

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; structural transformation; economic growth; growth regressions; dualistic approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O13 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Journal Article: Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa (2019)
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