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The Comparative Economics of Catch-Up in Output per worker, total factor productivity and technological gain in Sub-Saharan Africa
After investigating the effect of external financial flows on total factor productivity and technological gain, we use the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and technological gain in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the years 1980-2010. The comparative evidence is articulated with income levels, years of schooling, and health factors. We find; first, a positive association between foreign direct investment, trade openness, foreign aid, remittances and total factor productivity. However, when foreign direct investment is interacted with schooling, it is direct effect becomes negative on total factor productivity. Second, beta catch-up is between19.22% and 19.70% per annum with corresponding time to full catch-up of 25.38 years and 26.01 years respectively. Third, we find sigma-convergence among low-income nations and upper-middle income nations separately, but not for the entire sample together. Fourth, schooling in SSA is not yet a significant source of technology, but it can make external financial inflows more effective. Policies to induce external financial flows are not enough for development if absorptive capacity is low. More policy implications are discussed.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/15/038
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Macroeconomics: Production
International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Economywide Country Studies: Africa
- Thema
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External capital flows
Human capital
Total Factor Productivity
Convergence
and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Ssozi, John
Asongu, Simplice A.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
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Yaoundé
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Ssozi, John
- Asongu, Simplice A.
- African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
Entstanden
- 2015
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