This paper analyzes the determinants of firm survival in Côte d'Ivoire manufacturing Sector. Non parametric and parametric models are used for estimations on 181 firms surve during March 1995 and March 1996 for the World Bank Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED). The main findings...

Fiscal incentives are usually introduced in the investment function through the user cost of capital (UCC). This approach suggests that these measures and the other UCC's components act on investment through the same channels. However, in African countries and especially in CFA countries, the...

The African industrial structure is characterised by a strong firm-size heterogeneity with a co-existence of small if not micro-enterprises of the informal sector and large formal organisations operating with a modern technology. In this paper, we investigate the technical efficiency of Ivorian...

This article analyses the productive performance in four manufacturing sectors of the Ivorian economy: textiles and garments, metal products, food processing, wood and furniture. To appraise the productive performance, econometric production frontier models are estimated, illustrating the...

Le secteur manufacturier ivoirien a rencontré pendant les années 80 une très forte instabilité de la demande intérieure. En dépit de la forte dépendance des entreprises vis à vis des débouchés intérieurs, de nombreuses firmes même sous-optimales ont connu des durées de vie...

The object of this article is to identify the influence of education on economic growth in the main States of India during the period 1970-1993. Using an augmented Solow function, we show that the levels of primary and secondary education contribute differently to growth according to the level...

Personal services have attracted considerable attention from policy makers in France, with a view to achieving two objectives: creating jobs and reintegrating those individuals furthest removed from the labour market. Attempts to achieve these objectives have tended to emphasise job quantity at...