Christian Meyer
Christian J. Meyer is a consultant at the World Bank’s Development Research Group. Previously, he was a research associate at the Center for Global Development (CGD).
Although Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly attractive to investors, structural transformation and formal job growth remain slow. Industrial surveys in many countries show that some highly productive firms co-exist with many low-productivity businesses. Why do these “productivity islands” not diffuse more rapidly to create the “missing middle”?
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11 August, 2014
label_outline Inclusive Economy
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