01766cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007533 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451981148 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Brunschwig, Sonia. The Impact of Human Capital on Growth : Evidence from West Africa / Sonia Brunschwig, Emilio Sacerdoti, Jon Tang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes the impact of human capital on growth, on the basis of refined calculations of human capital, and with a focus on West Africa. Using a growth-accounting methodology, it distinguishes the sources of growth between the accumulation of factors of production and changes in production intensity or efficiency. Private capital is found to be particularly important to growth, but human capital appears not to be significant. The paper also identifies the terms of trade, trade openness, the government deficit, and the share of government investment in total investment as key policy variables affecting growth. Mode of access: Internet Sacerdoti, Emilio. Tang, Jon. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/162 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1998/162/001.1998.issue-162-en.xml IMF e-Library