Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been recognized as a major contemporary source of employment and income in a growing number of developing countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the characteristics and patterns of change in these enterprises. This volume examines the dynamics of MSEs in the development process. Drawing on a unique set of surveys conducted in twelve countries in Africa and Latin America the authors map the patterns of change in MSEs in the developing world. Subjects covered include: * significance of new start and closure rates of MSEs * factors involved in expansion rates and growth patterns of MSEs * the role of gender in MSEs evolution.

This study incorporates data from comparable surveys across five African countries - Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, and Tanzania - to analyze how small and micro enterprises have been positively and negatively affected by policy liberalization schemes. Som

Comprises 15 contributions emanating from papers presented at the International Conference "Research agenda on African entrepreneurship and small business management", Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 1997. Focuses on how to identify information and knowledge gaps relating to macro-policy and institutional environment, socio-cultural contexts and the role of gender, financing and management issues, and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Small and micro enterprises have been an important theme in development thinking since 1950s, yet for a variety of reasons East African governments and administrations have been sceptical about their role in their own countries' development. While many constraints have been lifted by the more liberal policies of the 1990s, many micro entrepreneurs and their labourers, primarily women, are still fighting for an enlarged social space. The papers in this book describe these strategies of negotiation between rural micro enterprises and the new liberalised rural economy.

Analyzes the three televised debates in 1992 among presidential candidates Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ross Perot, showing how candidates used persuasive attack and defense strategies to undermine their opponents and preserve vital issues of personal credibility and policy matters. Includes complete transcripts of the debates. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR