FIGURE 15 Contribution of manufacturing to GDP in Central Africa, 2012–17 Percent 12
10
8
6
4
2
0 2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 (estimated)
Source: AfDB statistics.
FIGURE 16 Sectoral distribution of employment in Central Africa, 1991–2016 Percent
Agriculture
Industry
Services
100
80
60
40
20
0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: AfDB statistics.
(65 percent), and Cameroon (62 percent), and services in Equatorial Guinea (63 percent), Gabon (64 percent), and São Tomé and Príncipe (64 percent). Industry’s role is marginal except in Congo (26 percent), Equatorial Guinea (18 percent), and Gabon (19 percent), which have large oil sectors.
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Economic growth and employment generation An analysis of the responsiveness of employment to higher growth using a dynamic panel dataset for 41 African countries over 2008–14 found weak positive elasticity of employment to growth of
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