Creating jobs for women and youth through export-led growth in Senegal : an economic complexity approach

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2018-12

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This policy brief assesses the prospects for boosting employment through export-led growth, making use of the product-space framework. Product-space analysis enables computation of the economic complexity or implied technological sophistication of exports. The central concept is to diversify exports into increasingly “complex” products embodying sophisticated capabilities. Senegal’s manufacturing exports have risen over time as a share of total exports, but the preponderance of manufactured exports consists of capital-intensive products like chemicals and cement. Exports of labor-intensive manufacturing such as textiles, clothing and shoes have declined sharply over time. Weaknesses in the business climate consist of deficient public services, corruption, and restrictive labor market regulations.

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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, EXPORT ORIENTED INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION FACTORS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EXPORT POLICY, TRADE FACILITATION, SENEGAL, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/58428

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