Konferenzbeitrag

Structural Transformation in Developed and Developing Countries

Differences in key features of the development process across rich and poor countries can provide clues to the sources of the large variation of cross-country income. Kuznets included structural transformation as one of six stylized facts of economic development, nding that developed countries all followed the same process. In this paper, I compare structural transformation processes in developed and developing countries. I nd that developing countries follow distinct structural transformation paths that deviate from that followed by developed countries. A puzzling nding is the presence of substantial sectoral changes during times of economic stagnation or decline.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 ; No. 42

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Development: General
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Comparative Studies of Countries
Subject
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Structural Transformation
Economic Development
Structural Change

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Bah, El-hadj
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer
(where)
Göttingen
(when)
2009

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  • Bah, El-hadj
  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer

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  • 2009

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