%0 Report
        %A Mbaye, Linguère Mously
%A Tani, Massimiliano
        %T Migration, Innovation, and Growth: An African Story?
        %D 2019
        %8 2019 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 12533
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12533
        %X This chapter brings new evidence on the relationship between short-term labour mobility, as proxied by tourism flows, and innovation in Africa. Using data from 34 African countries over the period 2011-2016 sourced from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey, we find that short term mobility positively contributes to innovation, making this a potentially effective channel for economic development alongside established determinants such as investments in R&D, foreign direct investments, and trade. Short-term labour mobility thus emerges in Africa, too, as a prospective policy lever to generate new productive knowledge and promote sustainable economic growth.
        %K migration
%K labour mobility
%K business visits
%K innovation
%K Africa