Structural change in the economy of Nigeria

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dc.creatorAdeyinka, Adedeji
dc.creatorSalau, Sheu
dc.creatorVollrath, Dietrich
dc.date2013
dc.date2024-10-01T13:56:38Z
dc.date2024-10-01T13:56:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:34Z
dc.descriptionWe document that structural change accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total change in labor productivity in Nigeria between 1996 and 2009. Labor moved out of the agricultural and wholesale and retail trade sectors into manufacturing, transportation and communications, business services, and general services. While structural change did occur in this period, significant gains to aggregate labor productivity are still available from further shifts of labor to higher-productivity sectors. We discuss the factors limiting structural change, which include poor agricultural productivity, insufficient infrastruc-ture to support high productivity sectors, and a lack of appropriate skills in the labor force. We calculate that the gains still available to Nigeria from structural change are equivalent to an increase in value-added of 25 percent, given the existing productivity levels of sectors in 2009.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153557
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108302
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAdeyinka, Adedeji; Salau, Sheu and Vollrath, Dietrich. 2013. Structural change in the economy of Nigeria. NSSP Working Paper 24. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153557
dc.subjectstructural adjustment
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectlabour productivity
dc.titleStructural change in the economy of Nigeria
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