Nonfarm Microenterprise Performance and the Investment Climate : Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

This paper uses uniquely matched household, enterprise and community survey data from four major regions in rural Ethiopia to characterize the performance, constraints and opportunities of nonfarm enterprises. The nonfarm enterprise sector is sizea...

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Main Authors:	Loening, Josef, Rijkers, Bob, Söderbom, Måns
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE IMPACT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ARBITRAGE AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE WAGE BANK POLICY BASIC COST BRIBES BUSINESS ECONOMICS CALCULATIONS CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CASUAL WORKER CASUAL WORKERS COLLATERAL COMMUNITY SURVEY COMPETITORS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COOPERATIVES COST OF LABOR CREDIT AVAILABILITY CREDIT CONSTRAINTS DAILY WAGE DAILY WAGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIVERSIFICATION DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES DROUGHT DROUGHTS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNINGS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE GROWTH ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ENTERPRISE SIZE ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPANSION EXPENDITURE EXTRA CASH FARM ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL CAPACITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL POSITION FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FOOD SHORTAGE FORMAL BANKS FORMAL CREDIT GENDER GENDER BIASES GENDER GAP HOLDING HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INCOME EFFECT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INFORMATION GAP INITIAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTING INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FINANCE INVESTMENT SPENDING JOB LOSS JOB OPPORTUNITIES KNOWLEDGE GAP LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LARGE ENTERPRISES LARGE FIRMS LENDERS LIQUIDITY LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LOCAL MARKET LOW COST MARKET INTEGRATION MARKETING MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICRO-FINANCE MICROENTERPRISES OPERATING COST OPERATING COSTS OPPORTUNITY COST PEOPLES PERMANENT WORKER PERMANENT WORKERS POOR ACCESS POOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROVIDERS OF CREDIT QUESTIONNAIRE RETURN RETURNS SALE SALES SALES GROWTH SHOP SHOPS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL ENTERPRISE SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRM SMALL FIRMS SOURCE OF INCOME START-UP SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUNK COSTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE SECTOR TRADING TRANSITION ECONOMIES TYPES OF LENDERS VALUE ADDED VILLAGE VILLAGES WAGE WAGE RATES WOMAN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9161814/nonfarm-microenterprise-performance-investment-climate-evidence-rural-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6506