TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mbaye, Linguère Mously
AU  - Tani, Massimiliano
        TI  - Migration, Innovation, and Growth: An African Story?
        PY  - 2019/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12533
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12533
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - migration
KW  - labour mobility
KW  - business visits
KW  - innovation
KW  - Africa
        ER  -