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Contents

Contributors

Overview

1. Output, Demographic, and Employment Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

Output

Demographics

Employment Transformation

2. Transformation and Productivity: Comparison with Asia

Productivity Transformation

3. Projecting Output, Employment, and Productivity Forward through 2020

4. Conclusion

Appendix

References

Figures

1. Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia: Real GDP Growth

2. Selected Regions: Development of Sectoral Output Shares

3. Sub-Saharan Africa: Population by Age Group, 2005–20

4. Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimated Distribution of Employment by Country Type and Sector, 2010

5. Sectoral Shares of Employment Low- and Low-middle-Income Countries, 2002 and 2010

6. Selected Countries: Labor Productivity and Changes in Employment Shares: 2000–10

7. Labor Productivity and Changes in Relative Productivity Level, 2000–10

8. Low Income Asian Countries: Labor Productivity and Changes in Employment Shares, 2000–10

9. Low income Asian Countries: Labor Productivity and Changes in Relative Productivity Level, 2000–10

10. Selected Countries: Industry Productivity

11. Selected Countries: Services Productivity

12. Sub-Saharan Africa: Sectoral Share of GDP by Country Type, 2005–20

13. Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimated Distribution of Employment by Country Type and Sector, 2020

14. Sub-Saharan Africa: Labor Productivity and Changes in Employment Shares: 2005–20

15. Labor Productivity and Changes in Relative Productivity Level, 2005–20

Tables

1. Sub-Saharan Africa and High-Growth Comparators: Employed Population Ages 15–64, 2010 (Percent)

Appendix Table 1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Country Groups Used in This Paper

Appendix Table 2. Asia: Country Groups Used in This Paper

Appendix Table 3. List of Country Abbreviations

Appendix Table 4. Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian Countries: GDP per Capita