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Dr. Emmanuel Buadi Mensah

Research group(s):
2. Structural Change and Economic Development
1. Economics of Knowledge and Innovation

Emmanuel B. Mensah is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Economics. He previously worked at Groningen Growth and Development Center, University of Groningen. His research focuses on Macro-development, specializing in the economics and measurement of structural change. He obtained his Ph.D. from Maastricht University and his MSc from the University of London. Emmanuel’s research has appeared in key media outlets such as The Economist and has consulted for World Bank on global value chains and industrialization in Africa.

	Selected publications by Emmanuel Buadi Mensah
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi, Solomon Owusu, Neil Foster-McGregor & Adam Szirmai, 2022, Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of African Economies: 1-38, DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejac010, More information
Konte, Maty, Wilfried A. Kouamé & Emmanuel Buadi Mensah, 2022, Structural reforms and labor productivity growth in developing countries: Intra or inter-reallocation channel?, The World Bank Economic Review, 36(3): 646-669, DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhac002, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Owusu, Solomon, Gideon Ndubuisi & Emmanuel Buadi Mensah, 2022, Import penetration and manufacturing employment: Evidence from Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-007
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi, 2020, Is sub-Saharan Africa deindustrializing?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-045
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi, Solomon Owusu & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2020, Productive efficiency, technological change and catch up within Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-033
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi, Solomon Owusu, Neil Foster-McGregor & Adam Szirmai, 2018, Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-025
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi & Adam Szirmai, 2018, Africa Sector Database (ASD): Expansion and update, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-020
Research reports
Konte, Maty & Emmanuel Buadi Mensah, 2020, Mapping Paper for "Work and income for young men and women in Africa; a political economy and social equity approach to the employment potential of specific sectors and sub-sectors in African economies’, Overview of current research initiatives in this field, the methodology and data used, the African countries currently covered in the existing studies and the experts and institutes who are involved in these different projects. In addition, the mapping highlights the knowledge gaps on structural economic transformation/change and income and productive employment for youth and women that need to be filled to inform policies that will help African countries to prepare for an inclusive 4th industrial revolution
Osei Kwadwo, Victor & Emmanuel Buadi Mensah, 2016, District creation in Ghana: A political expedience or poverty alleviation mechanism?, Imani Center for Policy and Education, More information
Theses
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi, 2020, Structural change in developing countries: Patterns, causes, and consequences, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University

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