Purpose: While many studies have discussed the regulatory constraints that hinder industrial development in sub-Saharan Africa, little attention has been paid to the behavior of those firms that succeed despite a challenging business environment. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by...

<heading format="display" id="h1" implicit="yes" level="1">Abstract</heading> (1251) Paul Kamau with Dorothy McCormick and Nicolas Pinaud Copyright 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Infrastructure is an umbrella term for many activities which are referred to as 'social overhead capital' has made many private sector operators shy off from them. This has not been the exception for the banking industry in Kenya. In fact, evidence shows that most of the financing of such...

Infrastructure is an umbrella term for many activities which are referred to as 'social overhead capital' has made many private sector operators shy off from them. This has not been the exception for the banking industry in Kenya. In fact, evidence shows that most of the financing of such...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the public procurement system in three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In response to both domestic and international pressures, these countries have recently undertaken important initiatives to make their public procurement...