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UNINA9910258750803321 |
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Autore |
Bhorat Haroon |
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Africa's Lions : Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies / / Haroon Bhorat and Finn Tarp, editors |
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Washington DC, : Brookings Institution Press, 2016 |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Job creation - Africa |
Economic development - Africa |
Africa Economic conditions 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The pursuit of long-run economic growth in Africa : an overview of key challenges / Haroon Bhorat and Finn Tarp -- Ethiopia : an agrarian economy in transition / Yared Seid and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse -- Understanding Ghana's success growth story and job creation concerns / Ernest Aryeetey and William Baah-Boateng -- Economic growth, labor market dynamics and the prospects for a demographic dividend in Kenya / Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Francis M. Mwega, and Njuguna S. Ndung'u -- Understanding Mozambique's growth experience through an employment lens / Sam Jones and Finn Tarp -- Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria / Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olufunke A. Alaba, and David Nabena -- Demographic, employment, and wage trends in South Africa / Haroon Bhorat, Karmen Naidoo, Morne Oosthuizen, and Kavisha Pillay. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Africa's Lions examines the economic growth experiences of six fast-growing and/or economically dominant African countries. Expert African researchers offer unique perspectives into the challenges and issues in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa. Despite a growing body of research on African economies, very little research has focused on the relationship between economic |
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growth and employment outcomes at the detailed country level. A lack of empirical data has, in many cases, deprived policymakers of a robust evidence base on which to make informed decisions. By harnessing country-level household, firm, and national accounts data, together with existing analytical country research, the authors have attempted to bridge this gap. |
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