Small Enterprises Adjusting To Liberalization In Five African Countries
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Author |
: Ronald L. Parker |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 082133154X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821331545 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises Adjusting to Liberalization in Five African Countries by : Ronald L. Parker
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
Author |
: Ronald L. Parker |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 88 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 082133154X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821331545 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises Adjusting to Liberalization in Five African Countries by : Ronald L. Parker
Author |
: William F. Steel |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 26 |
Release |
: 199? |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:85994852 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises Under Liberalization by : William F. Steel
Author |
: Ronald L. Parker |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:931677472 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprise Responses to Liberalization in Five African Countries by : Ronald L. Parker
This study investigates three issues concerning the role of indigenous entrepreneurs in the transition from a state-led development strategy to a more market-oriented approach with the private sector taking the lead: 1) the effects of liberalizing the policy regime on the conditions for micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs); 2) the responsiveness of MSEs to changes in incentives and market conditions; and 3) the capacity of MSEs to mobilize savings, absorb employment, and contribute to growth. The study consolidates the results of surveys undertaken to assess the effects of structural adjustment programs (SAPs) on MSEs in five African countries. The positive effects of SAP reforms on the environment for MSEs included greater access to imported inputs, a shift in relative prices in favor of domestic inputs, and less restrictive regulation of private business. On the negative side, many MSEs faced increasingly intense competition from imports and from a growing supply of self-employed workers. Small-scale enterprises (SSEs) with 6 to 49 workers were generally better able to respond to changing conditions than microenterprises with 1 to 5 workers. They were more likely to change product lines, buy new equipment, and seek export markets. SSE owners were also more likely to have entered businees in response to a market opportunity, whereas microentrepreneurs were more likely to have been motivated by "push" factors such as family tradition and lack of other opportunities.
Author |
: A. H. J. Helmsing |
Publisher |
: Intermediate Technology Publications |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015028895558 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises and Changing Policies by : A. H. J. Helmsing
Looks at small enterprise development in the context of historical patterns of African industrialization and aims to provide a framework for assessment of key policies and their effects on small enterprise development.
Author |
: Kidane Mengisteab |
Publisher |
: Zed Books |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D01268819C |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9C Downloads) |
Synopsis Beyond Economic Liberalization in Africa by : Kidane Mengisteab
Have structural adjustment programmes in Africa largely failed? Ought the World Bank and the IMF to be paying more attention to the particular circumstances of individual countries and to the alternative policies being proposed by the Africans? The contributors to this volume assert both positions. Case studies of education, health, public services and import-export performance demonstrate the frequent lack of success of structural adjustment. These are followed by alternative approaches to overcoming Africa's economic and human crises, including the importance of democracy in securing responsiveness of state policy to public needs, the structural advantages of regional integration, sustainable development strategies that build on the continent's resource base, and a new partnership between state and market.
Author |
: Parker Riopelle & Steel |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
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: |
ISBN-10 |
: 0821339079 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821339077 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises Adjusting to Liberalization I by : Parker Riopelle & Steel
Author |
: Carl E. Liedholm |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 146 |
Release |
: 2013-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135118150 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135118159 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Small Enterprises and Economic Development by : Carl E. Liedholm
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.
Author |
: Nat J. Colletta |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 1996-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0821336770 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821336779 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Condition of Young Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Nat J. Colletta
Reviews the World Bank's experience in industrial restructuring in 46 countries during the past 14 years. The study finds that for most completed public enterprise restructuring operations, sustainability of benefits was a large problem, mainly because of fragile sector reforms and inadequate governance and management. Those completed for the private sector experienced poor outcomes from inadequate attention to country economic conditions and policy distortions. To overcome such problems, the study recommends that future restructuring operations be designed and implemented to have an impact at the firm level.
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: |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 158 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0821334395 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780821334393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Africa Can Compete! by :
All 15 new independent states established in the economic space of the former Soviet Union suffered big declines in output and trade after gaining independence. This study summarizes cross-country experience on the role of trade and payments policies in the linked contraction of output and trade by drawing on eight country case studies: Estonia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The results of the case studies show that trade reform and reorientation of trade toward the rest of the world have done much to arrest the decline in output usually associated with the transformation from plan to market. Also available in English: Stock no. 13615 (ISBN 0-8213-3615-0).