Hunting for Leopards : Long Run Country Income Dynamics in Africa

• Tác giả: Jorge Saba Arbache
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 027.56 General libraries, archives, information centers
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 228659
• Chủ đề: 1. ANNUAL GROWTH; 2. AVERAGE ANNUAL; 3. AVERAGE GROWTH; 4. AVERAGE GROWTH RATE; 5. AVERAGE GROWTH RATES

Tóm tắt

This paper examines the country-level dynamics of long-run growth in Africa between 1975 and 2005. The authors examine how growth has affected mobility and the distribution of income among countries. They analyze changes in cross-country income structure and convergence, and look for evidence of the formation of country groups or "clubs." Using a novel method of breaking up the growth histories of African economies into medium-term spells of growth accelerations and declines, the authors investigate whether a group of African "leopards" - the regional equivalent of Asia's "tigers" - is beginning to emerge.