Industrial Clusters and Micro and Small Enterprises in Africa : From Survival to Growth.

The World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, and the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), in collaboration with researchers affiliated with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), recently conducted a study on Africaâ??s...

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Main Author: Bank, World
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2010.
Series:Directions in Development.
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520 |a The World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, and the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), in collaboration with researchers affiliated with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), recently conducted a study on Africaâ??s domestic enterprises to improve the understanding of the constraints micro and small enterprises in Africa face in improving productivity and expanding their markets. In Africa, there are stark performance gaps between domestically owned enterprises and foreign-owned enterprises in terms of sales pe. 
505 0 |a Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Unbundling Foreign-Domestic Performance Gaps in Africa's Private Sector; Chapter 3 -- Industrial Clusters as Natural Agglomerations of Micro and Small Enterprises: A Conceptual Framework; Chapter 4 -- Industrial Clusters and Business Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Africa; Chapter 5 -- Location, Market Access, and Business Performance of Cluster-Based Enterprises. 
505 8 |a Chapter 6 -- Agglomeration and Growth Challenges for Enterprises in Survival Clusters in AfricaChapter 7 -- Building Managerial Human Capital in Africa's Survival Industrial Clusters; Chapter 8 -- Policy Implications: Turning Survival into Growth; Appendix 1 -- Instrumental Variable Model Estimation on Domestic Ownership Effect on Productivity; Appendix 2 -- Basic Characteristics of Sampled Micro and Small Light Manufacturing Enterprises Inside and Outside the Clusters; Appendix 3 -- Data Envelopment Analysis; Appendix 4 -- Format of Managerial Skills Training Programs. 
505 8 |a Appendix 5 -- Average Treatment of Treated and DID Matching EstimatorAppendix 6 -- List of Background Papers and Boxes Contributed for the Study; Index; Back Cover. 
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