Economic transformation in Africa
One of the earliest and most central insights from the literature on economic development is that development entails structural change. The countries that manage to pull out of poverty and get richer are those that are able to diversify away from agriculture and other traditional products. As labor...
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2013
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| author | McMillan, Margaret S. Rodrik, Dani |
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| description | One of the earliest and most central insights from the literature on economic development is that development entails structural change. The countries that manage to pull out of poverty and get richer are those that are able to diversify away from agriculture and other traditional products. As labor and other resources move from agriculture into modern economic activities, overall productivity rises and incomes expand. The speed with which this transformation takes place is one of the key factors that differentiate successful countries from unsuccessful ones. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1534012025-11-06T04:44:00Z Economic transformation in Africa McMillan, Margaret S. Rodrik, Dani transformation economic development structural adjustment One of the earliest and most central insights from the literature on economic development is that development entails structural change. The countries that manage to pull out of poverty and get richer are those that are able to diversify away from agriculture and other traditional products. As labor and other resources move from agriculture into modern economic activities, overall productivity rises and incomes expand. The speed with which this transformation takes place is one of the key factors that differentiate successful countries from unsuccessful ones. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:05Z 2024-10-01T13:56:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153401 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute McMillan, Margaret S.; Rodrik, Dani 2013. Economic transformation in Africa. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153401 |
| spellingShingle | transformation economic development structural adjustment McMillan, Margaret S. Rodrik, Dani Economic transformation in Africa |
| title | Economic transformation in Africa |
| title_full | Economic transformation in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Economic transformation in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic transformation in Africa |
| title_short | Economic transformation in Africa |
| title_sort | economic transformation in africa |
| topic | transformation economic development structural adjustment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153401 |
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