The Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa; Benchmarking the Constraints
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- Simon Johnson & Jonathan D. Ostry & Arvind Subramanian, 2007. "The Prospects for Sustained Growth in Africa: Benchmarking the Constraints," NBER Working Papers 13120, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Exports; Africa; Economic growth; Imports; Trade liberalization; Sustained growth; constraints; benchmark; gdp growth; growth rates; trade policies; gdp per capita; Economic Development: General; Economic Development: Regional; Urban; and Rural Analyses; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General; Economywide Country Studies: Africa;JEL classification:
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-03-24 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2007-03-24 (All new papers)
- NEP-DEV-2007-03-24 (Development)
- NEP-INT-2007-03-24 (International Trade)
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