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  • Technology and enterprise development : Ghana under structural adjustment (anglais)

    Technology is one of the primary determinants of the competitiveness of manufacturing firms. Since practically all the technologies in use are imported from the developed countries and their application...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56877 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Sanjaya,Navaretti,Giorgio Barba,Teitel, Simon ,Wignaraja, Ganeshan



  • 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 cost of electricity in Nigeria : analysis from RPED survey data (anglais)

    Nigerian firms complain about increasing competition from imported goods and commonly place much of the blame on the high cost of manufacture. They report that their most serious business problem is the...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56890 Date du document: 1 septembre 2001 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tyler,Gerald D.

  • Skills, investment and exports from manufacturing firms in Africa (anglais)

    It has been argued that Africa will not be able to export manufactures as it lacks the necessary skills. Without an ability to export there will only be an incentive to invest in the sector if domestic...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 28428 Date du document: 1 mai 2000 Mode de publication: Auteur: Soderbom, Mans, Teal, Francis

  • Foreign ownership and firm performance in Africa : evidence from Zimbabwe, Ghana, and Kenya (anglais)

    This paper examines the effect of foreign ownership on value added of firms in sub-Saharan Africa, using firm-level data from the Regional Program on Enterprise Development at the World Bank. The econometric...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 27058 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sha, Manju Kedia,Manju Kedia Sha,Ramachandran,Vijaya

  • 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

  • Minority entrepreneurs and private sector growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

    This study focuses on the role of entrepreneurs in the private sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from the Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED) and controlling for various factors, our...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56985 Date du document: 1 juillet 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shah,Manju Kedia,Ramachandran,Vijaya


  • Expectations in a dynamic investment model : survey evidence from Kenya and Zimbabwe (anglais)

    The theoretical literature on investment stresses the role of expectations, but in empirical work data on expectations are rarely available. This paper draws on survey data for manufacturing firms in Kenya...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 56897 Date du document: 1 juillet 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bigsten,Arne L,Collier,Paul,Dercon,Stefan,Fafchamps,Marcel,Gauthier,Bernard P.,Gunning,Jan Willem,Issaksson, Anders,Oduro,Abena F. D.,Oostendorp,Remco H.,Pattillo, Cathy,Soderbom,Mans Martin,Teal,Francis John,Zeufack,Albert G.

  • Determinants of entrepreneurship and growth of entrepreneurial firms in Cote d'Ivoire (anglais)

    Using a unique data set on entrepreneurial firms in Cote d'Ivoire this paper analyses the factors which make an individual more inclined to start-up his own business and the determinants of entrepreneurial...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 33734 Date du document: 1 mars 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sleuwaegen, Leo,Goedhuys, Micheline

  • Ethnicity and markets : supplier credit in African manufacturing (anglais)

    This paper investigates the rationale for statistical discrimination and networks effects in the allocation of supplier credit and examines the role they may play in favoring market participation and...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33725 Date du document: 1 février 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fafchamps,Marcel

  • Barriers to growth of firms in developing countries : evidence from Burundi (anglais)

    Burundi's past and current structural problems as well as the characteristics of its manufacturing sector are typical of the much larger region of Sub-Saharan Africa and make it a good representative country...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33733 Date du document: 1 janvier 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goedhuys,Micheline,Sleuwaegen,Leo