Growth, productivity and diversification in Africa

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Date
2010
Authors
Njuguna, Angelica E.
Karingi, Stephen N.
Hakim, Ben Hammouda
Mustapha, Sadni Jallab
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The purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship among economic growth, productivity and diversification. Our results have shown that deepening diversification leads to improvements in total factor productivity among other determinants in African economies. The significance of the link between diversification and economic growth in the case of African economies cannot be gainsaid. It means that African countries can scale up their economies’ growth by raising their total factor productivity through pursuing policies that enhance diversification.
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African economies, Growth, Export diversification
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J Prod Anal (2010) 33:125–146