A similar change in urban electricity access however would produce a significant change of 0.2 percent in MVA, though the relevant coefficient is observed weakly significant at 10 percent, albeit in the positive direction.
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The manufacturing output effects of infrastructure development, liberalization and governance: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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One notable revelation is that despite an increasing trend in global manufacturing value added, the contribution of manufacturing to GDP in SSA has stagnated or faced enormous contraction since the 1990s, the attractive policies, the availability of low-cost labor and an abundance of natural resources and raw materials in the region notwithstanding.