The Cost of Doing Business in Africa: Evidence from Enterprise Survey Data

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1531-1546

  Eifert, Benn ^a   Gelb, Alan ^b   Ramachandran, Vijaya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; economic development; firm surveys; investment climate; manufacturing; productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 48449084481     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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