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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Entrepreneurship in Cote d'Ivoire (anglais)

    Several theoretical models have been developed to highlight the motivational factors of individuals in their decision-making process of occupational choice. This paper follows suit, setting out to model...

    Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33728 Date du document: 1 août 1996 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Goedhuys,Micheline,Sleuwaeggen, Leo

  • 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

  • Revenue erosion through exemption and evasion in poor countries (anglais)

    The administration of tax statutes materially determines their economic effects. A survey of Cameroonian businesses, a country seemingly typical of its economic level, demonstrates widespread erosion of...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 15094 Date du document: 31 octobre 1995 Mode de publication: Auteur: Gautheir, Bernard,Gersovitz, Mark

  • 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.

  • Apprenticeship contracts, small enterprises, and credit markets in Ghana (anglais)

    The economics literature includes no systematic portrait of either the prevalence and scope of apprenticeship in manufacturing or the microeconomic details of the contracts involved. This paper begins...

    Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 15093 Date du document: 31 décembre 1994 Mode de publication: Auteur: Velenchik,Ann D.