Africa's Lions : Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies / / Haroon Bhorat and Finn Tarp, editors

• Autore: Bhorat Haroon
• Pubblicazione: Washington DC, : Brookings Institution Press, 2016; Washington, D.C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.96
• Soggetto topico: Job creation - Africa; Economic development - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Economic conditions 21st century
• Soggetto non controllato: Economics; Ethiopia; Gross domestic product; Informal economy; Kenya; Labour economics; Mozambique; Nigeria; Public sector; South Africa
• Persona (resp. second.): TarpFinn <1951->; BhoratHaroon
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Africa's Lions
• ISBN: 0-8157-2950-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910258750803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II