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Empirical Evidence of Economic Bipolarization in Africa

Author(s) -

Mbaye Diene

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

economics research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-2123

pISSN - 2090-2131

DOI - 10.1155/2011/986031

Subject(s) - economics , per capita , nonparametric statistics , polarization (electrochemistry) , demographic economics , empirical evidence , economic geography , econometrics , sociology , demography , population , chemistry , philosophy , epistemology

This paper examines the degree of polarization in African countries' per capita GDP distribution between 1966 to 2004. We first use a nonparametric analysis and find that the countries tend to cluster in two classes of per capita GDP. Secondly, by using the Wolfson's bipolarization measure, the results reveal that bipolarization has been accelerating during the two first decades and is still growing. We relate the evolution of polarization during the period to the business sectors. We find that the specialization of the countries is the main factor explaining its evolution, namely, in agriculture and industry sectors

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