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

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences ; No. 23-2017

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
• Subject: Sub-Saharan Africa ; structural transformation ; economic growth ; growth regressions ; dualistic approach

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Busse, Matthias ; Erdogan, Ceren ; Mühlen, Henning
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Hohenheim, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• (where): Stuttgart
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/169364
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-14069
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET