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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 bo...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-306922021-11-04T14:07:38Z Africa's Lions Bhorat, Haroon Tarp, Finn Economics Ethiopia Gross domestic product Informal economy Kenya Labour economics Mozambique Nigeria Public sector South Africa 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. 2018-01-01 23:55:55 2019-05-08 03:00:45 2020-04-01T13:07:38Z 2020-04-01T13:07:38Z 2016-11-22 book 644190 OCN: 969446654 9780815729501 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30692 eng application/pdf n/a 644190.pdf Brookings Institution Press 101712 ef8a34cf-bd0a-4969-be47-a3f837a40a70 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780815729501 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Washington DC 101712 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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