LEADER 03888nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910458613103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-96655-3 010 $a9786612966552 010 $a0-8213-8628-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054572 035 $a(EBL)660565 035 $a(OCoLC)811493331 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12121711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413194 035 $a(PQKB)11084776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC660565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL660565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10440520 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296655 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054572 100 $a20101118d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIndustrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa$b[electronic resource] $efrom survival to growth /$fedited by Yutaka Yoshino 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8627-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aAppendix 5 - Average Treatment of Treated and DID Matching EstimatorAppendix 6 - List of Background Papers and Boxes Contributed for the Study; Index; Back Cover 330 $aThe World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute, and the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), in collaboration with researchers affiliated with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), recently conducted a study on Africa's domestic enterprises to improve the understanding of the constraints micro and small enterprises in Africa face in improving productivity and expanding their markets. In Africa, there are stark performance gaps between domestically owned enterprises and foreign-owned enterprises in terms of sales pe 410 0$aDirections in Development 606 $aBusiness enterprises$zAfrica 606 $aIndustrial clusters$zAfrica 606 $aIndustrialization$zAfrica 606 $aSmall business$zAfrica 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBusiness enterprises 615 0$aIndustrial clusters 615 0$aIndustrialization 615 0$aSmall business 676 $a338.8/7 701 $aYoshino$b Yutaka$01035748 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458613103321 996 $aIndustrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa$92455604 997 $aUNINA