This paper compares and contrasts the performance of rural and urban manufacturing firms in Ethiopia to assess the impact of market integration and the investment climate on firm performance. Rural firms are shown to operate in isolated markets, have poor access to infrastructure and a substantial degree of market power, whereas urban firms operate in better integrated and more competitive markets, where they have much better access to inputs. Fragmentation...
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2009/06/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS4946
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Mind the gap ? a rural-urban comparison of manufacturing firms
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management