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Africa there has been enormous variation in this trend: some governments expanded coverage dramatically while others resisted … projects in sub-Saharan Africa …
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effect of the conflict on entrepreneurship is very small. The results on the control variables suggest that (i) the … generation of entrepreneurship has seen conflict and instability for a whole life,( ii) a small business is a mean of surviving …
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requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be a nuanced partnership between entrepreneurs and the state. In this …
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As elsewhere, the Colombian private sector has been accused of promoting or profiting from violence in the country. However, the private sector's role in the armed conflict and the impact of conflict on entrepreneurial activity vary, as reflected by differences in political activism, in...
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that even when entrepreneurship is valued, entrepreneurs may often not match their ideas with suitable opportunities …We provide a formal model of entrepreneurship in human development. The framework is provided by the capabilities … approach (CA). Hence we extend not only the conceptualisation of entrepreneurship in development, but the reach of the CA into …
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The business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it concentrates instead on equality of opportunity. This paper addresses the lacuna in the business rights literature by 'bringing outcomes back in'. Certainly, equal outcomes are...
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Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares … of women. Based on a survey of 50 men and 50 women entrepreneurs in the regions of Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, our results …
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development aims. Still, an informed debate on the effects of inequality requires clear evidence. This review contributes to the …
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on local revenues in sub-Saharan Africa, a region where local fiscal capacity is limited and endogenously determined by … of many rural districts in Africa - intergovernmental transfers facilitate local revenue generation instead of …
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-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions …
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