Economic Complexity and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Chuma Maxwele, Godfred Anakpo and Syden Mishi ()
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Syden Mishi: Nelson Mandela University

Africagrowth Agenda, 2025, vol. 22, issue 1, 22-25

Abstract: There has been a call that a more socially inclusive growth pattern is needed to achieve millennium development goals concurrently. To address this challenge, a new index for inclusive growth is created. The present study examines the association between inclusive growth and economic complexity index in 27 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1996-2019 using panel vector autoregressive model. The results reveal that economic complexity has a negative effect on inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, implying that there is a lack of sustainable growth in the region, mainly because the current economic growth is mainly driven by primary products.

Date: 2025
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