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Emmanuel Mensah
Publications - 13
Citations - 163
Emmanuel Mensah is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Technological change. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 10 publications receiving 73 citations.
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The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methods
Gaaitzen J. de Vries,Linda Arfelt,Dorothea Drees,Mareike Godemann,Calumn Hamilton,Bente Jessen-Thiesen,Ahmet Ihsan Kaya,Hagen Kruse,Emmanuel Mensah,Pieter Woltjer +9 more
TL;DR: The GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD) provides researchers with data to analyse the variety and determinants of structural transformation and supports policies aimed at sustained growth and poverty reduction.
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A manufacturing renaissance? Industrialization trends in the developing world
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined industrialization trends in developing countries using the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database, which provides time series of employment and real and nominal value added annually by 12 sectors in 51 countries for the period 1990-2018 until the early 2000s de-industrialization was widespread, but then the trend reversed.
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Enhancing the Economic Growth of Africa: Does Banking Sector Efficiency Matter?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between banking sector efficiency and economic growth in Africa and found a positive relationship between bank sector efficiency with economic growth, confirming the critical role banks play in the economy and the importance of qualitative aspect of the banking sector in allocating financial resources in the real economy.
Import Penetration and Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Africa
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the impact of import competition on domestic employment in 20 African countries and found that intermediate good import penetration from developed (developing) countries is employment increasing (reducing).
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Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa
TL;DR: The role of structural change and job reallocation in economic growth performance of African countries over the past fifty years using an updated and expanded version of the Africa Sector Database (ASD) developed by the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) as discussed by the authors.