Demand-growth in support of structural change: evidence from Nigeria's formal manufacturing sector

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Abstract

An emerging literature on demand-led structural transformation and structuralist macroeconomics finds that demand-growth can positively complement industrial policy and drive structural transformation but there is no firm consensus which policies can achieve a sustained virtuous circle of demand-, output- and productivity growth. Looking at evidence from manufacturing companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), this paper supports the view that demand-growth can effectively complement industrial policy but only if demand problems of different nature are addressed simultaneously. Increases in government spending need to be combined with distributional policies favouring the disposable income of workers and subsistence communities and with policies that can address country-specific and historically formed supply-side problems in vertically linked sectors to counteract external demand problems manifesting through the balance of payments.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-358
Number of pages12
JournalStructural Change and Economic Dynamics
Volume67
Early online date9 Sept 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2023

Keywords

  • Demand-led structural transformation
  • Industrial policy
  • Manufacturing firms
  • NSE-listed
  • Nigeria

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