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Increasing formality and productivity of Bolivian firms

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small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …

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Industrial clusters and micro and small enterprises in Africa : from survival to growth

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Doing business 2013 : smarter regulations for small and medium-size enterprises

2012

Tenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit,...

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Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises

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Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including; starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting...

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Small businesses in South Africa : who outsources tax compliance work and why?

Coolidge, Jacqueline G. - 2009

"The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work...

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009

"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework

Torre, Augusto de la - 2008

"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the role of competition and the institutional framework. Using a survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, the paper shows that, despite alleged differences in the...

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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns

De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008

"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...

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Small enterprise growth and the rural investment climate : evidence from Tanzania

Kinda, Tidiane - 2008

"This paper analyzes characteristics of nonfarm enterprises, their employment growth patterns, and constraints in doing …, road infrastructure, and rural cell phone communication is correlated with employment growth. A major finding is that … that would help to unleash the full potential of private sector-led growth in rural areas. The findings show that marginal …

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