The paper examines the economic performance of a large number of African countries using an international comparable data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its decomposition into technical change and efficiency change component...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture]
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Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture
This paper uses survey data to examine the technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West and Central Africa. Separate stochastic frontier models are estimated for farmers in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, along with a stochastic metaproduction frontier to ...
Binam, Joachim N.
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Gockowski, J.
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Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West African countries]
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Technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West African countries
This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 10 Subsaharan countries. The relative performance of agricultural sector was gauged using data envelopment analysis. From a panel data set of the 10 countries which included the 28-year period 1972-1999, mathematical programming methods ...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gockowski, J.
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Kazianga, H.
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[Explaining the Failure in Agricultural production in subSaharan Africa]
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Explaining the Failure in Agricultural production in subSaharan Africa
Cet article examine les changements dans la productivité agricole dans 8 pays francophones. La performance relative du secteur agricole a été évaluée à l'aide de l'analyse de l'enveloppement des données. À partir d'un ensemble de données de panel sur les 8 pays, incluant la période de 30 ans 1970...