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Entry Regulation and Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries

Bruhn, Miriam; McKenzie, David J. - 2013

The majority of microenterprises in most developing countries remain informal despite more than a decade of reforms aimed at making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. This paper summarizes the evidence on the effects of entry reforms and related policy actions to promote firm...

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Small and Medium Enterprises, Growth, and Poverty : Cross-Country Evidence

Beck, Thorsten; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross - 2003

The authors explore the relationship between the relative size of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector …, economic growth, and poverty using a new database on the share of SME labor in the total manufacturing labor force. Using a … relationship, however, is not robust to controlling for simultaneity bias. So, while a large SME sector is characteristic of …

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SME Registration Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh

De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rahman, Aminur - 2013

Informality is pervasive in developing countries. In Bangladesh, the majority of firms are informal and as such they might not have access to prime markets, while lowering the tax base. The authors implemented an information campaign on registration, including both the step-by-step procedures...

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Non-Farm Enterprises in Rural Africa : New Empirical Evidence

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - 2014

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about them. The motivation for households to operate enterprises, how productive they are, and why they exit the market are neglected questions. Drawing on the Living Standards Measurement Study --...

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Are Large Firms Born or Made? : Evidence from Developing Countries

Ayyagari, Meghana; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Maksimovic, Vojislav - 2015

This paper uses survey data from 120 developing countries to compare the role of institutions with firm characteristics at the time of creation of the firm in explaining the size, growth, and productivity of firms over their lifecycle. The study finds that firm-level characteristics have...

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Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment : What Works?

Buvinić, Mayra; Furst-Nichols, Rebecca - 2014

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically shows that the same class of interventions has significantly different outcomes depending on the client. Capital alone, as a small cash loan or grant, is not sufficient to grow women-owned subsistence-level...

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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries

Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2014

The aim of this paper is to provide an updated survey of the "state of the art" in entrepreneurial studies with a particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the concept of "entrepreneurship" is critically discussed, followed by a discussion of the institutional,...

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Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance : Microeconomic Evidence from Advanced and Developing Countries

Vivarelli, Marco - 2013

The aim of this study is to provide a microeconomic investigation of the concept of entrepreneurship; in particular, it discusses the following issues: 1) the alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing "creative destruction" from simple "turbulence"; 2) the different...

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The Impact of Business Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises on Firm Performance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries : A Meta-Analysis

Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016

and medium enterprises play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low- and middle …

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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries

McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2015

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms, where the majority of the labor force in developing countries works? This study developed 26 questions that measure business practices in marketing, stock-keeping,...

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