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

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdogan and Henning Mühlen

Review of Development Economics, 2019, vol. 23, issue 1, 33-53

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the role of structural transformation in view of the remarkable growth performance of Sub‐Saharan African countries since the late 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 period 1980‐2014.

Date: 2019
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