How Can We Learn Whether Firm Policies Are Working in Africa? Challenges (and Solutions?) for Experiments and Structural Models

How Can We Learn Whether Firm Policies Are Working in Africa? Challenges (and Solutions?) for Experiments and Structural Models

Firm productivity is low in African countries, prompting governments to try a number of active policies to improve it. Yet despite the millions of dollars spent on these policies, we are far from a situation where we know whether many of them are y...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKenzie, David
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS PLAN
BUSINESS PLANNING
BUSINESS SERVICES
BUSINESSES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CERTIFICATE
COMMODITY
COMPETITIVENESS
COMPETITORS
CORPORATION
CREDIT LINE
CREDIT RISK
DATA COLLECTION
DECISION-MAKING
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
ENTERPRISE SURVEY
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
ENTREPRENEURS
EQUIPMENT
EXCESS DEMAND
EXPORT PROMOTION
EXPORT SECTOR
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FIRMS
GRANT PROGRAMS
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
JOB CREATION
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
LARGE ENTERPRISES
LEARNING
LEASING
LITERACY
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANUFACTURING
MARKETING
MATCHING GRANTS
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE
MICROENTERPRISES
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE PROGRAM
OPEN ACCESS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR ASSISTANCE
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
REGULATORY BURDEN
RESULT
RESULTS
RETAIL TRADE
SCALE ENTERPRISE
SMALL ENTERPRISE
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SMALL FIRMS
SME
SME DEVELOPMENT
SME FINANCE
SME POLICIES
SME PROJECT
SME PROJECTS
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TIME FRAME
TIME PERIODS
TRAINING COURSES
USES
WEB
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3398

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