Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Economic development is typically
accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the
non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as
structural transformation. This note aims to better
understand the ongoing structural transformation in
Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that: (i) the structural
transformation is occurring more slowly, and is much less
variable across countries, than prevailing estimates
suggest; (ii) there is a weak relationship between initial
agricultural employment shares and the pace of
transformation, suggesting little convergence across
regions; and (iii) movement out of agricultural employment
is clearly but only modestly correlated with poverty reduction.
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AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION, LABOR MOBILITY, POVERTY REDUCTION, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, RATE OF CONVERGENCE, AGRICULTURE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, EMPLOYMENT