Enterprise in Africa : between poverty and growth
Intermediate Technology Development Group. Ed. by Kenneth King ...
| Year of publication: |
1999
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| Other Persons: | King, Kenneth (contributor) |
| Institutions: | Intermediate Technology Development Group <London> (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
London : Intermediate Technology |
| Subject: | KMU | SME | Unternehmenserfolg | Firm performance | Unternehmenswachstum | Firm growth | Armut | Poverty | Afrika | Africa |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | IX, 245 S graph. Darst. 23cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Literaturverz. S. 223 - 245 Enth. 17 Beitr Foreword / George Foulkes -- Preface -- Authors' biographies -- Introduction. Enterprise in Africa: new contexts; renewed challenges / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Pt. 1. Micro-enterprises, macro-perspectives. 1. Have Africa's economies turned the corner? / Tony Killick ; 2. Developmental states and small enterprises / Thandika Mkandawire ; 3. Gender, property rights and trade: constraints to Africa growth / Susan Joekes -- Pt. 2. Small and micro-enterprises and the development agenda. 4. MSEs tackle both poverty and growth (but in differing proportions) / Donald C. Mead ; 5. Micro-in West Africa / Jacques Charmes ; 6. Small enterprise development in post-apartheid South Africa / Christian M. Rogerson ; 7. Inherent gender inequities in small and micro-enterprise development in rural Africa ; 8. Enterprise development in Africa: strategies for impact and growth / George Manu -- Pt. 3. Collaboration between enterprises. 9. Do SMEs network for growth? / Abigail Barr ; 10. Enterprise clusters in Africa: linkages for growth and development / Dorothy McCormick ; 11. Trading agents and other producer services in African industrialization and globalization / Poul Ove Pedersen ; 12. MSE associations and enterprise promotion in Africa / Hans Christiaan Haan -- Pt. 4. Learning to grow: SMEs, skills and technology. 13. Technology, NGOs and small enterprise: securing livelihoods through technical change / Andy Jeans ; 14. Competences and other factors affecting the small enterprise sector in Ibadan, Nigeria / Susanna Adam ; 15. Reshaping vocational training: hopeful signs for a Ghanaian experience / Lawrence A. Honny ; 16. The role and potential of technical and vocational education in formal education systems in Africa / Bonaventure Wanjala Kerre ; 17. Learning to grow? The importance of education and training for small and micro-enterprise development / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Bibliography. |
| ISBN: | 1-85339-478-5 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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