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

Paul Ko, Ryo Makioka and Karim Nchare

No wp-2023-104, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Trade; Structural change; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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