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Development as diffusion : manufacturing productivity and sub-Saharan Africa's missing middle
Gelb, Alan; Meyer, Christian J.; Ramachandran, Vijaya - 2014
We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242043
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Mozambique's industrialization
Sousa Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, … - 2014
than 7 per cent annually since 1992, the economy is mostly based on low-productivity agriculture. Manufacturing contributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343221
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The costs and benefits of formalization for firms: A mixed-methods study on Mozambique
Berkel, Hanna - 2018
informality as a continuum consisting of four degrees. The quantitative data includes 516 manufacturing enterprises which are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146456
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What is the state of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique?
Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Schou, Søren - 2018
picture of the manufacturing sector. However, it is not obvious whether this is true for the population of manufacturing firms … 2017 by considering other indicators of the health of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique, including manufacturing gross … domestic product, the latest enterprise census, and satellite imagery. Results indicate that the manufacturing sector grows at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146487
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Mozambique's industrialization
Cruz, António; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, Constantino Pedro - 2014
than 7 per cent annually since 1992, the economy is mostly based on low-productivity agriculture. Manufacturing contributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260004
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Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai : RCT evidence from Mozambique
Berkel, Hanna; Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Tarp, Finn - 2021
In March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused widespread damage, including businesses in the enterprise sector. We use panel data and a randomized controlled trial to estimate the impact of unconditional cash grants on micro enterprises and their recovery. We find that, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545691
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What is the state of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique?
Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Schou, Søren - 2018
picture of the manufacturing sector. However, it is not obvious whether this is true for the population of manufacturing firms … 2017 by considering other indicators of the health of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique, including manufacturing gross … domestic product, the latest enterprise census, and satellite imagery. Results indicate that the manufacturing sector grows at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966597
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The costs and benefits of formalization for firms : a mixed-methods study on Mozambique
Berkel, Hanna - 2018
informality as a continuum consisting of four degrees. The quantitative data includes 516 manufacturing enterprises which are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947026
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Deindustrialisation in Mozambique : the role of agriculture
Grabowski, Richard - In: Canadian journal of development studies 39 (2018) 4, pp. 569-585
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958672
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Mozambique.s industrialization
Cruz, Antonio Sousa; Guambe, Dina; Marrengula, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
After the Second World War, Mozambique went through a series of transformations, from an incipient industrializing colonial society to an independent country with a central planned economy, plus a regional and internal war, and finally from 1994 onwards,
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854546