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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827999703321

Titolo

Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : : from survival to growth / / Yutaka Yoshino, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011

ISBN

1-282-96655-3

9786612966552

0-8213-8628-X

Descrizione fisica

xx, 185 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Private sector development

Altri autori (Persone)

YoshinoYutaka

Disciplina

338.8/7

Soggetti

Business enterprises - Africa

Industrial clusters - Africa

Industrialization - Africa

Small business - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Chapter 6 - Agglomeration and Growth Challenges for Enterprises in Survival Clusters in Africa Chapter 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

Appendix 5 - Average Treatment of Treated and DID Matching



EstimatorAppendix 6 - List of Background Papers and Boxes Contributed for the Study; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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 Africa'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