Entrepreneurship is not a binding constraint on growth and development in the poorest countries

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Naudé, Wim ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Development; Development economics; Entrepreneurship; Institutions

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 78149499547     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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