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135 CHAPTER 5 ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION: LESSONS FROM PRACTICEC ontributed by the World Bank Group1 Abstract: ECONOMIC diversification remains a challenge for most developing countries and is arguably greatest for countries with the lowest incomes as well as for those whose economies are small, landlocked and/or dominated by primary commodity dependence. For such countries, ECONOMIC diversification is inextricably linked with the structural transformation of their economies and the achievement of higher levels of productivity resulting from the movement of ECONOMIC resources within and between ECONOMIC sectors. Rooted in examples of World Bank Group support, this CHAPTER traces the boundaries of any discussion of ECONOMIC diversification by advancing a definition that encompasses two related dimensions of diversification: (i) trade diversification ( exporting new or better products, or to new markets) and (ii) domestic production diversification ( cross-sectoral rebalancing of output, driving the reallocation of resources across industries and within industries between firms to increase total factor pr)
The share of agriculture in total employment has been shrinking across all country income groups. Globally, it has con-tracted by close to a third, from 44 per cent in 1991 to 28 per cent in 2018, with the largest contribution attributable to middle-income countries (see Figure 5.3).3 The share of employment in manufacturing has also been ...
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