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Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania's service sectorFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Services Informal sector Economic growthBook Chapter
Senegal: A service economy in need of an export boostFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Exports Services TourismBook Chapter
Implications for Ethiopia's industrializationFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Ethiopia Exports TourismBook Chapter
Tourism global value chains and AfricaFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Tourism Africa Global value chainsWorking Paper
Tourism global value chains and AfricaAs Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that influence the continent’s participation in tourism value chains...
Tourism Africa Global value chainsWorking Paper
Employment and productivity growth in Tanzania’s service sectorDespite Tanzania’s rapid recent growth, the vast majority of employment creation has been in informal services. This paper addresses the role that different subsectors of formal and informal services have played in Tanzania’s growth...
Services Informal sector Economic growthWorking Paper
Industries without smokestacks: Implications for Ethiopia’s industrializationAlthough the manufacturing sector is known to have a unique role in structural transformation, the industries without smokestacks that include tradable services (e.g., IT, tourism, transport), horticulture, and agro-industry can provide new opportuni...
Ethiopia Exports TourismWorking Paper
Senegal : A service economy in need of an export boostThis paper first summarizes the macroeconomic and trade performance of Senegal, emphasizing the limits of traditional exports...
Exports Services TourismBook Chapter
Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive FrameworkUsing a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990–2006...
Economic development Human capital InvestmentsWorking Paper
Tourism and Economic Growth: African Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive FrameworkUsing a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990–2006...
Economic development Human capital InvestmentsWorking Paper
Tourism Competitiveness in Small Island Developing StatesThe tourism industry is the leading segment of the services industries in small island developing states (SIDS). This paper therefore seeks primarily to investigate both the nature and determinants of tourism competitiveness in SIDS...
Competition Economic policy Service industriesBook Chapter
Costa Rica: Policies and Conditions for Export DiversificationFrom the book: Non-Traditional Export Promotion in Africa
Economic integration Free trade IndustrializationWorking Paper
Costa Rica: Policies and Conditions for Export DiversificationOver the last thirty-five years, Costa Rican exports (in dollars) have grown at an average annual growth rate of 10.8 per cent...
Economic integration Free trade Industrialization