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Small Enterprise Responses to Liberalization in Five African Countries

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...

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Main Authors: Parker, Ronald L., Riopelle, Randall, Steel, William F.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
SMALL ENTERPRISES
MICROENTERPRISES
LIBERALIZATION
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS
COMPETITIVENESS
INPUTS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION
MARKETING
EXPORT MARKETS
ENTREPRENEURS
MARKET PENETRATION
MARKET COMPETITION
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANKING SERVICES
COMPETITORS
CREDIT UNIONS
DEREGULATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
EXCESS DEMAND
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPANSION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FIRM SIZE
FIRMS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INPUT USE
LICENSING
MANUFACTURERS
MONOPOLIES
NEW ENTRANTS
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRICE CHANGES
PRODUCERS
SAPS
SAVINGS
SCALE ENTERPRISES
SMALL FIRMS
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/06/1615073/small-enterprises-responses-liberalization-five-african-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9993

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