Small Scale Manufacturing Growth in Africa: Initial Evidence

Carl Liedholm and Joan Chamberlin Parker

No 54738, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the dynamics of small-scale manufacturing enterprises in developing countries, with emphasis on evidence from Africa. The creation, evolution, and disappearance of firms and how these patterns vary by country, stage of development, industrial sector, and policy environment are topics that fall within the purview of firm dynamics.

Keywords: International; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54738

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