Does infrastructure development drive economic complexity in African countries?

Isaac Ketu, Jules-Eric Tchapchet Tchouto () and Arsene Kelly ()
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Jules-Eric Tchapchet Tchouto: University of Dschang, Cameroon

Economics Bulletin, 2022, vol. 42, issue 4, 2043 - 2053

Abstract: This paper investigates the nexus between infrastructure development and economic complexity (EC) for 27 African countries over 2003-2016 period. Employing Ordinary Least Squares, Generalised Method of Moments and Quantile Regressions, empirical findings show that infrastructure development fosters EC in African countries especially transport and electricity infrastructures.

Keywords: Infrastructure development; Economic complexity; Africa. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12-30
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