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Structural change in west Africa : a tale of gain and loss (English)

Economic growth in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire occurred in tandem with a rapid exodus of labor out of agriculture. This paper investigates the contribution (or lack thereof) of within- and between-sector productivity changes to overall productivity growth and output per capita growth since 2000. Productivity growth was relatively significant in Burkina Faso, modest in Benin, and in the negative territory in Cote d'Ivoire. The results show...
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Gebregziabher,Fiseha Haile.

Structural change in west Africa : a tale of gain and loss (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8336 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/968921518461271453

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