What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa?

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-265

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Söderbom, Måns ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA;

EID: 33750095639     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkl003     Document Type: Review

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