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Stunted Growth : Why Don't African Firms Create More Jobs?

Many countries in Africa suffer high rates of underemployment or low rates of productive employment; many also anticipate large numbers of people to enter the workforce in the near future. This paper asks the question: Are African firms creating fe...

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Main Authors:	Iacovone, Leonardo, Ramachandran, Vijaya, Schmidt, Martin
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS SECTOR CAPABILITIES CAPITAL FORMATION COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DRIVERS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENTS ESP EXPANSION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIRM SIZE FIRMS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGH TRUST HUMAN CAPITAL INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEASING LENDERS LIMITED ACCESS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MISSING VALUES MNE NATIONAL INCOME OPEN ACCESS PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS REGISTRIES RESULT RESULTS RETAINED EARNINGS SIZE OF FIRM SIZE OF FIRMS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SUPPLIERS TERMS OF TRADE THEORETICAL MODELS THEORY OF THE FIRM UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS USES WEB WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18662376/stunted-growth-don t-african-firms-create-more-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16943

Stunted Growth : Why Don't African Firms Create More Jobs?

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