Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Guinea

Mijiyawa, Abdoul' Ganiou ; Conde, Lancine

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: STRUCTURAL CHANGE;    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;    PRODUCTIVITY;    LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;    INFORMALITY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-9341
RP-ID  :  WPS9341

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper documents that structuralchange positively contributed to labor productivity growthin Guinea during 2006-15. However, the contribution ofstructural change to productivity growth was modest (aboutone percentage point per year on average), because labormoved from agriculture, the least productive sector, intoother relatively low-productivity activities, such aswholesale and retail trade and community services. Althoughsuch services are more productive than agriculture, they arelow-productivity activities because of the high level ofinformality. The paper also finds that the contribution ofstructural change to productivity growth has declined overtime, mainly due to the increased labor market rigidity,lower competitive real exchange rate, declining humancapital, and weaker government effectiveness. The paperprovides a discussion of the policy implications of the findings.