Growth, productivity and diversification in Africa

Hammouda, Hakim Ben; Karingi, Stephen; Njuguna, Angelica E.; Jallab, Mustapha Sadni

doi:10.1007/s11123-009-0155-5

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“…Finally, most authors (apart from an attempt by Starosta de Waldemar, ) do not take into consideration possible problems of endogeneity between diversification and income per capita . While it is generally assumed that specialisation is a function of development, one could also consider the opposite causal relationship (when, for example, productivity levels depend on trade diversification, as in Hammouda et al., ; also the literature related to the impact of exports on productivity should be considered: Greenaway and Kneller, ; Wagner, ).…”

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What Determines Export Diversification in the Development Process? Empirical Assessment

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Tamberi²

2013

World Economy

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1 From now on, we use the term 'degree of overall specialisation' as an opposite of 'diversification' so that low export specialisation means high export diversification and vice versa. 2 Similar results can be found in Minondo's (2011) non-parametric and parametric results. 5 For the sake of brevity, we have not cited many other aspects of structural change, for example, we have not considered the ideological aspect. 6 Qualitative aspects of economic structure are also underlined in other supply side contribution (Lucas, 1988) and in the Keynesian demand-side literature (see Thirlwall, 1979;McCombie and Thirlwall, 2004).

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What Determines Export Diversification in the Development Process? Empirical Assessment

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Tamberi²

2013

World Economy

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“…From a transnational scale, Al-Marhubi [13], Funke and Ruhwedel [14] and Agosin [15] used multiple national panel data to demonstrate that export variety was positively correlated with per capita output or unit capital output. Similarly, Feenstra et al [16], Feenstra and Kee [17] and Hammouda et al [18] also proved that export variety can promote productivity improvement. From a single-country perspective, Herzer and Nowak-Lehmann [9] and Arip et al [19] took Chile and Malaysia as examples, respectively, and used time series analysis to show that export variety promoted economic growth in both countries.…”

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Which Export Variety Matters for Urban Economic Growth, Related or Unrelated Variety?

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The relationship between export variety and economic growth has been paid much attention in academia. This paper discusses more deeply the relationship between export related and unrelated variety and economic growth, rather than mere export variety. This paper uses the entropy measurement method to measure the level of export variety of Chinese cities and use the concept of "proximity" proposed by Hidalgo to divide the related variety and unrelated variety. Using the panel data of 252 prefecture-level cities in China from 2000 to 2011, we attempt to explore the relationship between export variety, related and unrelated variety and urban economic growth. The empirical results show that it is not export variety as such, but related and unrelated variety that has effects on economic growth. Export related variety has a positive effect on economic growth, while unrelated variety has a negative effect. And there are obvious regional and size differences. The impact of export related and unrelated variety on eastern and coastal cities is greater than that on central and inland cities, and the impact on large-size cities is also greater than that on medium-size cities.

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“…Finally, authors usually (apart from an attempt by Starosta de Waldemar, 2010) do not take into consideration possible problems of endogeneity in the development-specialization relationship. While almost 'automatically' it has been assumed that specialization is a function of development, one could also consider the opposite causal relationship (when for example productivity levels depend on trade diversification, as in Hammouda et. al, 2010; also the literature related to the impact of exports on productivity should be considered in this perspective: Wagner , 2007).…”

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Export Diversification and Development - Empirical Assessment

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2011

SSRN Journal

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This paper assesses the role played by country specific factors as determinants of exports' diversification process. Using a panel data-set for 60 countries and twenty years (1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004) we confirm that even after clearing out differences in income per capita, cross section variability in the degree of exports' diversification is significant. In general, apart from per capita income, variables influencing the size of accessible markets (domestic and foreign) are the most relevant and robust determinants of the export diversification process.Diversification opportunities grow if countries are large, not located far from economic core areas and when barriers to trade are restricted. JEL: F15; O14; O33; C23

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Growth, productivity and diversification in Africa

Abstract: Export diversification, Growth, African economies, F1, O1, O4, C2,

Cited by 26 publications

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What Determines Export Diversification in the Development Process? Empirical Assessment

What Determines Export Diversification in the Development Process? Empirical Assessment

Which Export Variety Matters for Urban Economic Growth, Related or Unrelated Variety?

Export Diversification and Development - Empirical Assessment

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