Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects

Chapter 2 shows that the predominant source of labor productivity growth in Ghana has come from productivity increases within sectors, with the agricultural sector showing a particularly strong performance. Rodrik attributes this source of growth to what he calls “fundamental capabilities,” or the l...

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Autores principales: Diao, Xinshen, Hazell, Peter B. R.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147084
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description Chapter 2 shows that the predominant source of labor productivity growth in Ghana has come from productivity increases within sectors, with the agricultural sector showing a particularly strong performance. Rodrik attributes this source of growth to what he calls “fundamental capabilities,” or the longer-term benefits from investments in better institutions, healthier and better educated workers, technologies, and more enabling policies. Another source of productivity growth arises from the movement of workers from low to higher productivity sectors, (e.g., from traditional agriculture to manufacturing). Rodrik calls this the gains from “structural change,” which result from changes in the relative importance of different sectors in national income and employment.
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spelling CGSpace1470842025-11-06T04:11:01Z Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects Diao, Xinshen Hazell, Peter B. R. supply chains agricultural sector economic development labour productivity agricultural development governance Chapter 2 shows that the predominant source of labor productivity growth in Ghana has come from productivity increases within sectors, with the agricultural sector showing a particularly strong performance. Rodrik attributes this source of growth to what he calls “fundamental capabilities,” or the longer-term benefits from investments in better institutions, healthier and better educated workers, technologies, and more enabling policies. Another source of productivity growth arises from the movement of workers from low to higher productivity sectors, (e.g., from traditional agriculture to manufacturing). Rodrik calls this the gains from “structural change,” which result from changes in the relative importance of different sectors in national income and employment. 2019-08-10 2024-06-21T09:11:07Z 2024-06-21T09:11:07Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147084 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Oxford University Press Diao, Xinshen and Hazell, Peter B.R. 2019. Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects. In Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation: Past performance and future prospects. Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter B.R.; Kolavalli, Shashidhara; and Resnick, Danielle (Eds.). Chapter 2 Pp. 19-48. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147084
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agricultural sector
economic development
labour
productivity
agricultural development
governance
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Hazell, Peter B. R.
Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects
title Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects
title_full Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects
title_fullStr Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects
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title_short Ghana’s economy-wide transformation: Past patterns and future prospects
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agricultural sector
economic development
labour
productivity
agricultural development
governance
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