Light Manufacturing in Zambia : Job Creation and Prosperity in a Resource-Based Economy

This book on light manufacturing in Zambia is part of broader World Bank work on light manufacturing in Africa. The focus on light manufacturing, with its emphasis on labor-intensive economic activities, is particularly appropriate for a resource-based economy such as that of Zambia. While Zambia�...

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Main Author:	Dinh, Hinh T.
Other Authors:	Kumar, Praveen
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	accounting adverse effects adverse impact agriculture automobiles average production costs balance of payments bank lending banks Benchmarking benchmarks best practice binding constraints business associations Business Environment business planning businesses capabilities capital goods capital inflows Commerce commodities commodity commodity prices communication technology comparative advantage competitive advantage Competitiveness connectivity Consolidation Cost Analysis currency appreciation customs debt debt relief deficits devaluation developed countries developing countries Development Agency Development Economics Development Policy domestic market domestic markets e-mail economic activities Economic conditions economic development economic efficiency Economic Empowerment Economic expansion Economic Growth Economic Outlook economic performance economic policies Economics electricity Empirical Analysis Empowerment Commission Enterprise Survey enterprise surveys entrepreneurial skills Entrepreneurship entry point environmental environmental regulations equilibrium Exchange Rate Exchange Rates Export Development export growth Export Incentives export markets export sector export sectors exports exposure factors of production farms financial crisis financial institution financial institutions financial markets financial resources financial strength financial support firm performance fishing foreign currency foreign direct investment foreign exchange Foreign Investment forestry GDP GDP per Capita Generalized System of Preferences global market global markets government interventions government policies Government policy government revenue gross domestic product growth potential growth rate Housing human capital human resource Human Resources Human Resources Development Images implementation plan income levels industrial countries industrial expansion industrialization inflation Institutional Support interest rate interest rates intermediate goods international competition international competitiveness international finance International Standard international trade Job Creation labor costs labor force Labor Productivity laws license licenses limited access low-income countries macroeconomic conditions macroeconomic stability macroeconomics managerial skills Manufacturing Manufacturing industries market access market opportunities Market Segmentation market share marketing medium enterprise medium enterprises metals microfinance monetary authorities monetary policies monetary policy monopolies National Development national income natural resource natural resources new entrants new markets new products nonbank institutions oil Open Economy output per capita income per capita incomes photo policy environment policy makers Political Economy Post Keynesian Economics preferential access price competitiveness Private Investment Private Sector Private Sector Development privatization producers product markets Production Costs production process production structure productive assets productivity growth profitability property rights public finance public goods queries rate of growth red tape rent seeking result Results savings skilled workers small enterprises smallholder agriculture state intervention Structural Change Supply Chain sustainable growth technical assistance technical expertise Technical Skill technical skills technical standards Telephone timber Trade Facilitation Trade Liberalization trade policy translation transport Treasury unemployment uses value added Value Chain value chains Wages wealth
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