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IMF POLICY PAPER

SUSTAINING LONG-RUN GROWTH AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES—THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIVERSIFICATION—BACKGROUND NOTES

March 05, 2014

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SUSTAINING LONG-RUN GROWTH AND MACRO STABILITY IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND DIVERSIFICATION—BACKGROUND NOTES

March 5, 2014

Approved By Siddharth Tiwari

Led by Chris Papageorgiou and prepared by Lisa Kolovich (SPR). Contributing authors of the notes are Giang Ho, Ke Wang (SPR), Nikoloz Gigineishvili (AFR), Alexander Pitt, Thelma Seoeun Choi (APD), Nombulelo Duma (MCM), Samuele Rosa (OBP), Christian Henn (World Trade Organization), Theo Eicher, and David Kuenzel (University of Washington).

Contents

  • DIVERSIFICATION: A GROWTH DETERMINANT IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

  • A. Introduction

  • B. Conceptual Framework

  • C. Econometric Methodology

  • D. A Brief Look at the Data

  • E. Output Diversification and Growth

  • F. Conclusions

  • DIVERSIFICIATION AND VOLATILITY

  • A. Introduction

  • B. Export Diversification and Volatility

  • C. Empirical Results

  • D. Conclusions

  • STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND SECTORAL PRODUCTIVITY IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

  • A. Introduction

  • B. Contribution to Aggregate Productivity Growth

  • C. Drivers of Sectoral Productivity and Structural Transformation

  • D. Results

  • E. Conclusions

  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUALITY UPGRADING IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

  • A. Introduction

  • B. Export Quality: Stylized Facts

  • C. Quality in Important LIC Export Sectors

  • D. Quality Ladders: Potential for Quality Upgrading

  • E. Export Quality and Development

  • F. Quality Upgrading and Growth

  • G. Determinants of Quality Upgrading

  • H. Conclusions

  • EXPERIENCES AND POLICY LESSONS FROM FIVE CASE STUDIES

  • A. Introduction

  • B. Diversification—Cross-Country Evidence

  • C. Export Diversification

  • D. Diversification—Country Experiences

  • E. Conclusions

  • References

  • APPENDIXES

  • I. OLS and 2SLS Growth Regression

  • II. IVBMA Methodology

  • APPENDIXES TABLES

  • A1. Export Diversification

  • A2. Real Sector Diversification

  • A3. OLS and 2SLS Estimation

  • A4. Data Appendix

  • BOX

  • 1. Quality Upgrading in Small States

  • FIGURES

  • 1. Posterior Inclusion Probabilities from BMA Growth Regression, Developing Countries, 1965-2009

  • 2. Growth volatility by Income Groups, 1962-2010

  • 3. Growth Volatility and Export Diversification by IMF Income Group, 1962-2010

  • 4. Export Diversification and Growth Volatility, 1962-2010

  • 5. Growth Volatility and Diversification Spurts in LICs, 1962-2010

  • 6. Intensive Diversification and Growth Volatility

  • 7. Interaction of Diversification and Openness vs. Growth Volatility

  • 8. Output Diversification vs. Growth Volatility

  • 9. Sectoral Dynamics Around Growth Takeoffs

  • 10. Dynamics of Sectoral Shares in LICs

  • 11. Sectoral Productivity Growth in LICs

  • 12. Distribution of Value Added and Employment in Manufacturing

  • 13. Aggregate Productivity Growth, 1990-2010

  • 14. Decomposition of Aggregate Productivity Growth, 1990-2007

  • 15. Sectoral Productivity and Employment Changes in Selected Economies

  • 16. Correlation with Sectoral Shifts Component

  • 17. The Agricultural Productivity Gap in LICs

  • 18. Export Quality in LICs Quality Over Time for All Sectors Relative to Quality Ladder

  • 19. Export Quality by Region for LICs and Lower Middle Income Countries

  • 20. Quality and Unit Values

  • 21. Quality, Export Prices, and Market Shares in Three Important LIC Export Sectors

  • 22. Quality Ladders by SITC1 Sector, 2010

  • 23. Quality and GDP per Capita

  • 24. Quality Upgrading and GDP per Capita Growth, 1995-2010

  • 25. Quality Upgrading and Sectoral Growth in LICs, 2000-10

  • 26. Country-level Heterogeneity in Quality Upgrading in Asia and Africa

  • 27. Additional GDP per Capita Growth in Fast Convergers

  • 28. Quality Upgrading and Destination Markets, by Country Group

  • 29. Quality Upgrading and Destination Markets, for Fast and Slower Quality Convergers among Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

  • 30. Output Diversification

  • 31. Export Diversification

  • 32. Malaysia

  • 33. Vietnam

  • 34. Tanzania

  • 35. Bangladesh

  • 36. Angola

  • TABLES

  • 1. IVBMA Regressions for Growth on Export Diversification

  • 2. IVBMA Regressions for Growth on Output Diversification, Developing Countries, 1965-2009

  • 3. System GMM Regressions for Growth Volatility on Export Diversification of Products, Developing Countries, Panel of 5 Year Average, 1962-2010

  • 4. System GMM Regressions for Growth Volatility on Export Diversification on Products, All Countries, Panel of 5 Year Average, 1962-2010

  • 5. System GMM Regressions for Growth Volatility on Output Diversification, Panel of 5 Year Average, 1970-2010

  • 6. Policy Determinants of Sectoral Productivity

  • 7. Policy Determinants of Sectoral Shifts

Sustaining Long-Run Growth and Macroeconomic Stability in Low Income Countries - The Role of Structural Transformation and Diversification - Background Notes
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