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Investment Climate Assessment : Improving Enterprise Performance and Growth in Tanzania
World Bank - 2013
manufacturing firms in Tanzania. The survey was conducted between April and July 2003 by the World Bank and the Economic and Social … compares measures of firm performance and the investment climate in Tanzania with similar measures in Kenya, Uganda, India, and …
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Small enterprise growth and the rural investment climate : evidence from Tanzania
Kinda, Tidiane - 2008
business in rural Tanzania. Using unique survey data, the authors describe a low-return sector struggling to compete in a … enterprise constraints in Tanzania mainly operate from the supply side. This suggests that, in particular, access to finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521084
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Tanzania - Pilot Rural Investment Climate Assessment : Stimulating Non-Farm Microenterprise Growth
World Bank - 2012
Tanzania's Pilot Rural Investment Climate Assessment (RICA) measures the economic environment of non-farm entrepreneurs …. The pilot assessment has three key objectives: it aims to better understand the rural non-farm economy in Tanzania, shed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553211
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Zanzibar - The Effect of the Investment Climate on Performance of Micro and Small Enterprise in Zanzibar : A Comparison with Mainland Tanzania and Other Countries
World Bank - 2012
the whole of the United Republic of Tanzania, including Zanzibar (Regional Program on Enterprise Development, 2004). To … from mainland Tanzania. Zanzibar is a small island economy found close to the Tanzanian mainland. Like other small island … firms in other parts of Tanzania, other countries in Africa, and other small island economies. It also compares the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553316
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Trade credit and bank credit : evidence from recent financial crises
Love, Inessa - 2005
"The authors study the effect of financial crises on trade credit in a sample of 890 firms in six emerging economies. They find that although provision of trade credit increases right after the crisis, it consequently collapses in the following months and years. The authors observe that firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522484
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes : cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep - 2009
"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394113
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009
"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394102
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520971
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A firm-level analysis of small and medium size enterprise financing in Poland
Klapper, Leora - 2006
majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522078
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Financing firms in India
Allen, Franklin (contributor) - 2006
"The authors examine the legal and business environments, financing channels, and governance mechanisms of various types of firms in India and compare them to those from other countries. Despite its English commonlaw origin, strong legal protection provided by the law, and a democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522087