Since the mid-1980s the Malagasy government has pursued fiscal and administrative reform along with economic and financial liberalization. These efforts have contributed to steady GDP growth rates since...
It has been argued that Africa will not be able to export manufactures as it lacks the necessary skills. Without an ability to export there will only be an incentive to invest in the sector if domestic...
This survey was designed to research a number of basic issues, including the composition of the manufacturing sector, sources of growth, major impediments to growth, the composition of the labor force...
Using a unique data set on entrepreneurial firms in Cote d'Ivoire this paper analyses the factors which make an individual more inclined to start-up his own business and the determinants of entrepreneurial...
The bimodal size structure of manufacturing firms in African countries is found to result from a complex process in which institutional and structural factors interact with a dynamic learning growth process...
The purpose of this note is to study the structure of the domestic market of the manufacturing industry of the Ivory Coast in both formal and non-formal aspects. The analysis is based on data collected...
Several theoretical models have been developed to highlight the motivational factors of individuals in their decision-making process of occupational choice. This paper follows suit, setting out to model...
This paper focuses on the private "learning" mechanisms by which firms build up their technical capabilities and create competitive advantage. Specifically, it examines efforts inside the firm to promote...
The economics literature includes no systematic portrait of either the prevalence and scope of apprenticeship in manufacturing or the microeconomic details of the contracts involved. This paper begins...