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Impact of trade and structural change on the sub-Saharan African economies

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  • Paul I. Ko
  • Ryo Makioka
  • Karim Nchare

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Sub-Saharan African economies have experienced accelerated economic growth in the past two decades. In this paper we study the impact of trade-induced structural change on employment and value-added shares in sub-Saharan African economies. We find that sub-Saharan African economies have increasingly become net importers of manufacturing goods. Similar to other countries, an increase in manufacturing imports negatively impacts manufacturing employment shares. In contrast, an increase in exports positively impacts agricultural employment shares.

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  • Paul I. Ko & Ryo Makioka & Karim Nchare, 2023. "Impact of trade and structural change on the sub-Saharan African economies," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-104, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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