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Sub-Sahara Africa (30 Economies)
Period 1989-1995 Period 1995-2001
Sources of Growth (% points per annum) Sources of Growth (% points per annum)
GDP Capital Labor GDP Capital Labor
Economy Growth ICT Non-ICT Hours Quality TFP Growth ICT Non-ICT Hours Quality TFP
Benin 3.99 0.03 0.15 1.68 0.84 1.30 5.15 0.10 2.60 1.69 0.72 0.04
Botswana 4.40 0.04 2.66 2.01 0.65 -0.96 5.93 0.18 2.30 2.09 0.61 0.75
Burkina Faso 2.85 0.03 1.49 1.11 1.07 -0.86 4.25 0.06 2.42 1.20 0.97 -0.41
Cameroon -2.64 0.03 -0.17 1.72 1.39 -5.61 4.72 0.08 -0.12 1.51 1.23 2.02
Central African Republic 0.45 0.03 0.56 1.28 0.90 -2.32 2.16 0.06 0.33 1.10 0.82 -0.14
Chad 0.83 0.04 0.18 1.62 0.88 -1.89 3.36 0.07 2.82 1.91 0.84 -2.28
Congo, Rep. 0.69 0.02 0.40 1.84 1.32 -2.88 2.60 0.09 0.26 1.91 1.17 -0.82
Cote d’Ivoire 1.03 0.02 -0.85 2.31 0.91 -1.36 2.84 0.16 -0.36 1.74 0.85 0.46
Ethiopia 1.41 0.05 0.37 1.16 1.18 -1.35 5.64 0.10 1.01 1.34 0.96 2.22
Gabon 3.36 0.01 -0.51 1.47 1.06 1.32 1.79 0.09 0.25 1.10 1.01 -0.67
Gambia, The 2.31 0.10 1.68 2.35 1.17 -2.99 4.84 0.50 1.26 1.84 1.06 0.18
Ghana 4.04 0.06 1.20 1.62 0.89 0.28 4.21 0.14 2.73 1.47 0.78 -0.91
Guinea 3.76 0.03 0.99 1.39 0.95 0.40 4.03 0.08 1.02 1.28 0.95 0.70
Kenya 2.00 0.05 0.67 2.06 1.15 -1.93 1.66 0.19 0.72 2.67 1.02 -2.93
Madagascar 0.24 0.06 0.47 1.55 0.98 -2.82 4.11 0.14 1.06 1.96 0.94 0.01
Malawi 3.37 0.03 -0.27 0.93 0.90 1.78 2.47 0.08 -1.14 1.25 0.82 1.46
Mali 2.08 0.02 0.84 1.32 0.90 -1.01 5.19 0.06 1.20 1.36 0.82 1.74
Mauritius 5.11 0.24 2.36 1.00 0.65 0.85 5.36 0.46 1.95 0.64 0.61 1.69
Mozambique 2.85 0.13 0.65 0.99 1.54 -0.45 8.38 0.22 2.47 1.30 1.33 3.06
Namibia 4.39 0.08 -0.01 1.84 0.55 1.93 3.25 0.26 1.16 -0.31 0.55 1.59
Niger 0.40 0.02 -0.83 1.74 1.45 -1.98 3.48 0.03 -0.09 1.94 1.27 0.34
Nigeria 3.36 0.26 0.54 1.60 1.63 -0.67 2.80 0.18 0.93 2.63 1.42 -2.35
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