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  • African small and medium enterprises, networks, and manufacturing performance (anglais)

    This paper examines the role of private support institutions in determining small and medium enterprise (SME) growth and performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It finds that SMEs in SSA get around market...

    Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3855 Date du document: 1 février 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Shah,Manju Kedia

  • Ethnic networks and access to credit : evidence from the manufacturing sector in Kenya (anglais)

    It is often anecdotally observed that networks can facilitate exchange, but there are few empirical studies that explore the significance of such networks. In this paper the authors analyze the impact...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56883 Date du document: 1 décembre 2001 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Raturi,Mayank,Srivastava,Pradeep

  • The business environment and manufacturing performance in Nepal (anglais)

    This report on the survey of private manufacturing enterprises in Nepal presents the private sector's assessment of the prevailing business environment, and other matters related to efficient business...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 33696 Date du document: 1 décembre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Zhao,Lan,Nasir,John L.,Pandey,Kiran D.

  • African firms : learning and productivity improvement (anglais)

    Among the most pressing questions facing manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa is how to raise productivity. Market liberalization and the move away from inward-looking trade policies has forced African...

    Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 54794 Date du document: 1 octobre 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.

  • A microeconometric evaluation of the Mauritius Technology Diffusion Scheme (TDS) (anglais)

    This evaluation of the Mauritius Technology Diffusion Scheme was undertaken to serve as a "benchmark" for assessing matching grant schemes in other countries. It is the first microeconomic study evaluating...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33738 Date du document: 1 novembre 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.

  • Structure and performance of manufacturing in Mozambique (anglais)

    This survey was designed to research a number of basic issues, including the composition of the manufacturing sector, sources of growth, major impediments to growth, the composition of the labor force...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33737 Date du document: 1 août 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Naisr, John,Fisman,Raymond

  • Trade reforms, incentives on ground and firm performance in Ghana (anglais)

    Ghana was one of the first African countries to initiate an IMF/World Bank-sponsored structural adjustment program. In 1983, the Government of Ghana (GOG) introduced its Economic Recovery Program after...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33735 Date du document: 1 juillet 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Shah,Manju Kedia

  • Productivity and competitiveness of African manufacturing (anglais)

    This paper focuses on the issue of capability-building in African firms and its effect on manufacturing competitiveness. The authors use primary data from enterprise surveys in three representative Sub-Saharan...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33730 Date du document: 1 mai 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Raturi,Mayank

  • The impact of the AIDS epidemic on African firms (anglais)

    The effect on firms of the AIDS epidemic depends upon the strength of two factors. First, work force attrition resulting from illness or death due to HIV infection must be a large proportion of the total...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 33726 Date du document: 1 janvier 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Shah,Manju Kedia

  • On monitoring structural adjustment at the microeconomic level (anglais)

    The focus of the Africa region's new assistance strategy on achieving higher impact from economic reform program has created a need for better information about how adjustment programs are actually proceeding...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 15540 Date du document: 31 janvier 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Srivastava,Pradeep

  • Training and productivity in African manufacturing enterprises (anglais)

    This paper focuses on the private learning mechanisms by which firms build up their technical capabilities and create competitive advantage. Specifically, the authors examine efforts inside the firm to...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 15101 Date du document: 31 août 1995 Mode de publication: Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Shah,Manju Kedia,Srivastava,Pradeep

  • Training, technology and firm-level efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

    This paper focuses on the private "learning" mechanisms by which firms build up their technical capabilities and create competitive advantage. Specifically, it examines efforts inside the firm to promote...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 41970 Date du document: 1 août 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.

  • Enterprise finance in Kenya (anglais)

    In this report there are two chapters. Chapter one introduces the relation between firms need for funds and economic efficiency. The perverse effects of barriers to credit on industrial investment are...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56872 Date du document: 1 juin 1994 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Biggs,Tyler S.,Conning,Jonathan H.,Fafchamps,Marcel,Srivasatava, Pradeep