How Can Micro and Small Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa Become More Productive? The Impacts of Experimental Basic Managerial Training

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 458-468

  Mano, Yukichi ^a   Iddrisu, Alhassan ^b   Yoshino, Yutaka ^c   Sonobe, Tetsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Ghana Statistical Service   (Ghana)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Industrial development; Management training; Randomized experiment; Survival clusters

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; MICROENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRAINING;

GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84856320313     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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