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...
Using World Bank's (2003) firm-level Investment Climate Survey (ICS) data for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, this paper examines extent in which education and skill levels are important determinants of Firm-based...
This paper ties together the macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence on the competitiveness of African manufacturing sectors. The conceptual framework is based on the newer theories that see the evolution...
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...
Since the mid-1980s the Malagasy government has pursued fiscal and administrative reform along with economic and financial liberalization. These efforts have contributed to steady GDP growth rates since...
The economies of sub-Saharan Africa have gone through major changes over the last three decades. The Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED) survey of the manufacturing sector in the first half...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This Technical Learning in Finns Implementation Manual (TELIM) provides a detailed description of the Technical Learning in Firms Component (TLC) of the project and specifies the institutional and implementation...
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...
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...
This book contains an in-depth analysis of the manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe, based on a unique panel data set collected in 1993-5. Zimbabwe is one of the most advanced African economies Zimbabwe has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Le but de cette note est d’étudier la structure du marché intérieur de l’industrie manufacturière de la Côte d’Ivoire, dans ses aspects formels et informels. L’analyse repose sur les données recueillies...
The bimodal size structure of manufacturing firms in African countries is found to result from a complex process in which institutional and structural factors interact with a dynamic learning growth process...