WHAT IS DRIVING THE ‘AFRICAN GROWTH MIRACLE’?

作者: Margaret McMillan , Kenneth Harttgen

DOI: 10.3386/W20077

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摘要: We show that much of Africa’s recent growth and poverty reduction can be traced to a substantive decline in the share labor force engaged agriculture. This has been accompanied by systematic increase productivity force, as it moved from low agriculture higher manufacturing services. These declines have more rapid countries where initial is highest commodity price increases improvements quality governance.

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