What Drives Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Abstract

This paper provides an empirical assessment of the driving forces behind structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa, and to further access the role of structural reforms in accounting for cross-country differences in transformation. Evidence from this paper reveals that country specific fundamentals, institutions and policy reforms as well as governance and fiscal reforms are the key drivers of transformation in the region. A set of policy strategies is proposed to engender sustained transformation and development in the region.

Published in

African Development Review
2016, volume: 28, number: 2, pages: 157-169
Publisher: WILEY

SLU Authors

• Tei Mensah, Justice

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Adu, George

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

UKÄ Subject classification

Public Administration Studies

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12187

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82931