Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe (English)

The authors analyze and compare sectoral growth in three African economies - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Zimbabwe - since 1965. They extend the classic dual economy - the agriculture and industry sectors - by adding the services sector. For all the three countries, they find at least one statistically significant long-run relationship for sectoral GDP. This indicates a large degree of interdependence in long-run growth among the three sectors. This also...

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Blunch,Niels-Hugo;

Verner,Dorte;
Document Date
1999/09/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS2175
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe
Keywords
Agriculture

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Blunch,Niels-Hugo; Verner,Dorte.

Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2175 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/343991468749746215

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