transparency) is positively associated with firm-level operational efficiency and access to external financing. Several cross … better-developed capital markets that facilitate capital allocation and production efficiency. Additional analyses using the …

This paper examines the efficiency effects of foreign bank entry on domestic banks in sub-Saharan Africa during the … increase in the short-run. Non-regional South-South banks seem to have little effect on the efficiency of domestic banks …

textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing … countries than formal education of the work force. -- human capital ; training ; firm-level efficiency ; multinational …