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Promoting environmental sustainability in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Tanzania
Kinyondo, Abel; Huggins, Christopher - 2021
This study examines the interaction between formalization of the artisanal and smallscale mining subsector and the regulation of negative environmental impacts in Tanzania. Formalization generally seeks to move the artisanal and small-scale mining subsector to legal status. Using documents,...
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Partnership for inclusive growth : can linkages with large firms spur the growth of SMEs in Tanzania?
Kweka, Josephat P.; Sooi, Fadhili - 2020
A recent strand of literature on small and medium enterprise (SME) development identifies linkages with large firms as … the linkage is an important driver of SME performance. We find that, while linkages with large firms are potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262183
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Private standards and labour productivity in the food sector in Viet Nam
Trifkovic, Neda - 2016
A rising number of firms from developing countries have adopted voluntary private standards in the last decade. This has become an area of active research, especially in terms of the impact of private standards on trade, organizational performance, and employee outcomes. This paper analyses how...
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Reigniting labour productivity growth in developing countries : do structural reforms matter?
Gomado, Kwamivi - 2022
While the negative effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on labour productivity are still fresh in people's minds, the COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns that productivity will continue to decline. To boost labour productivity and regain economic performance, there is an empirical consensus...
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Productivity growth effects of structural reforms : evidence from developing countries
Gomado, Kwamivi - 2022
Which structural reforms affect labour productivity growth in developing countries? This paper answers this question by combining the local projections method and the inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (LP-IPWRA) method. We find that financial reforms, trade reforms, and product...
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Innovation efforts in developing countries : the case of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises
Son Thi Kim Le - 2019
The identification of potential innovation efforts plays an important role in evaluating the innovation process. The innovation efforts of firms in developing countries might be different to those of Western enterprises. This paper evaluates innovation processes in developing countries,...
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The role of training in fostering cluster-based micro and small enterprises development
Sonobe, Tetsushi; Ōtsuka, Keijirō - 2012
While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small … clusters in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, including randomized control trials of management training. We found that the … management training is effective in many cases, which renders support for the foreign aid policy that pays due attention to …
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Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar's manufacturing sector : evidence from two matched employer-employee surveys
Falco, Paolo; Hansen, Henrik; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; … - 2021
We look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar. The data show that micro, small, and medium-size enterprises in Myanmar typically do only a few modern business practices. Even so,...
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How do small firms respond to tax schedule discontinuities? : evidence from South African tax registers
Boonzaaier, Wian; Harju, Jarkko; Matikka, Tuomas; … - 2016
In this paper we study the effects of various tax schedule discontinuities on the behavior of small firms using high-quality and population-wide tax register data from South Africa. We use the bunching method to analyse how these discontinuities affect the firm-size distribution. We first...
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The tipping point : the impact of rising electricity tariffs on large firms in South Africa
Goliger, Angelika; McMillan, Landon - 2018
While much research has been done on the economic impacts of load-shedding in South Africa, fewer studies have focused on the effects of the rapidly rising electricity tariffs. The issue of tariff increases has now become even more critical, with technological developments making it easier and...
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