Can the SDGs Promote Structural Transformation in Africa? An Empirical Analysis

Can the SDGs Promote Structural Transformation in Africa? An Empirical Analysis

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 has refocused global attention on the centrality of sustainability to the development discourse. Meanwhile, African countries are prioritizing structural transformation in their national and co...

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Published in:Development (Society for International Development) 2015-12, Vol.58 (4), p.473-491
Main Authors: Armah, Bartholomew, Baek, Seung-Jin
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Children & youth
Development and Social Change
Development Economics
Development Policy
Development Studies
Economic change
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic statistics
Emissions
Employment
Factor analysis
GDP
Gender equity
Greenhouse gases
Gross Domestic Product
Households
Income inequality
Industrial development
Industrialization
Initiatives
Panel data
Per capita
Poverty
Purchasing power parity
Social exclusion
Social Sciences
Social services
Studies
Sustainable development
Thematic Section
Trends
Unemployment
Value added
Womens health
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Summary:The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 has refocused global attention on the centrality of sustainability to the development discourse. Meanwhile, African countries are prioritizing structural transformation in their national and continental development programmes to promote employment through commodity-based industrialization. How will efforts to promote economic, social and environmental sustainability influence Africa’s agenda for structural transformation? Using panel data for of 29 African countries for the period 1995–2011, this article empirically analyzes the impact of economic, social and environmental sustainability on structural transformation in Africa. Our findings indicate that structural transformation is optimized when policy interventions adopt an integrated approach to sustainable development that takes into account all of its dimensions.
ISSN:1011-6370
1461-7072