Structural transformation in Africa : a historical view (English)

This paper presents evidence suggesting that the relationship between income and economic structure is shifting over time, with countries across the income distribution uniformly increasing the share of labor in service sectors and an increasingly less stark relationship between manufacturing intensity and gross value added per capita. The paper then assesses historical patterns of productivity convergence at a more detailed sector disaggregation...
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Enache,Maria; Ghani,Syed Ejaz; O'Connell,Stephen A..

Structural transformation in Africa : a historical view (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7743 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/815661468257618676

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