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Working Papers

2020

1. Africa in Manufacturing Global Value Chains: Cross-Country Patterns in the Dynamics of Linkages
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2019

2. Market Size, Sunk Costs of Entry, and Transport Costs: An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Demand-Side Factors versus Supply-Side Factors on Manufacturing Productivity
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
3. Sources of Manufacturing Productivity Growth in Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2018

4. Selection, Firm Turnover, and Productivity Growth: Do Emerging Cities Speed up the Process?
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences

2016

5. Sources of productivity growth in Uganda: the role of interindustry and intra-industry misallocation in the 2000s
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2015

6. Structural transformation and productivity growth in Africa: Uganda in the 2000s
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2011

7. Diagnosing development bottlenecks: China and India
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2010

8. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2009

9. To Formalize or Not to Formalize? Comparisons of Microenterprise Data from Southern and East Africa
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (38)

2007

10. Corruption, business environment, and small business fixed investment in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
11. Corruption, the business environment, and small business growth in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (15)
12. Mobility and earnings in Ethiopia's urban labor markets, 1994-2004
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)

2006

13. Market access, supplier access, and Africa's manufactured exports: an analysis of the role of geography and institutions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2005

14. Business environment, clustering, and industry location: evidence from Indian cities
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
15. The impact of business environment and economic geography on plant-level productivity: an analysis of Indian industry
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (32)

2004

16. Investment climate and international integration
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Investment climate and international integration, World Development, Elsevier (2006) View citations (101) (2006)

2002

17. Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan (2004) View citations (78) (2004)

2001

18. Indigenous ethnicity and entrepreneurial success in Africa: some evidence from Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)

1999

19. The relative effects of skill formation and job matching on wage growth in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
20. Wage rates and job queues - does the public sector overpay in Ethiopia?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (1998) View citations (9)

1998

21. Skill formation and job matching effects in wage growth: the case of manufacturing workers in Ethiopia
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (4)

1996

22. Age-size effects in productive efficiency: a second test of the passive learning model
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2013

1. Labor Market Integration in Urban Ethiopia, 1994-2004
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2013, 61, (4), 889 - 931 View citations (6)
2. Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies
   Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (25), 3637-3649 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in southern African economies, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (8) (2010)

2011

3. Diagnosing Development Bottlenecks: China and India
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 73, 722-752 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Diagnosing development bottlenecks: China and India, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2009

4. Economic geography and manufacturing productivity in Africa: ananalysis of firm level data
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2009, 42, (2), 223-252 View citations (1)

2006

5. Competition and entrepreneurs' human capital in small business longevity and growth
   Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (5), 812-836 View citations (27)
6. Investment climate and international integration
   World Development, 2006, 34, (9), 1498-1516 View citations (101)
   See also Working Paper Investment climate and international integration, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (38) (2004)
7. Market access, supplier access, and Africa's manufactured exports: A firm level analysis
   The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2006, 15, (4), 493-523 View citations (9)

2005

8. Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 54, (1), 1-31 View citations (212)

2004

9. Agency Theory and Executive Compensation: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (3), 615-638 View citations (63)
10. Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
    IMF Staff Papers, 2004, 51, (2), 6 View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper Export Orientation and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF Working Papers (2002) View citations (4) (2002)

2001

11. Determinants of African Manufacturing Investment: the Microeconomic Evidence
    Journal of African Economies, 2001, 10, (suppl_2), 48-80 View citations (35)
12. Skill formation and job matching effects in wage growth in Ethiopia
    Journal of African Economies, 2001, 10, (1), 1-36 View citations (2)

1992

13. Public policy Markets and Technical progress in the Grain plough Culture
    Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 1992, 01, (01), 104