Africa's Private Sector What's Wrong with the Business Environment and What to Do about It

Name: Africa's Private Sector What's Wrong with the Business Environment and What to Do about It
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ISBN: 9781933286280

ISBN-10: 1933286288

ISBN-13: 9781933286280

Edition: 2008

Authors: Vijaya Ramachandran, Alan Gelb, Manju Kedia Shah

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Why is the private sector yet to take off in much sub-Saharan Africa? Drawing on a unique set of enterprise surveys, Vijaya Ramachandran and her co-authors identify the biggest obstacles: inadequate infrastructure (especially unreliable electricity and crumbing roads) and burdensome regulation. They then show how ethnic minorities dominate the private sector in many countries, inhibiting competition and demands for a better business environment, and thus impeding the emergence of an entrepreneurial middle class. Based on this careful diagnosis, the authors suggest investing in infrastructure and reforming regulation to lower the cost of doing business, and increasing the access to education…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Publication date: 1/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 110
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Summary


Introduction



The Countries and the Surveys



The Business Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa



Black Ownership of Businesses in Africa



Approaches to Building Africaï¿½s Private Sector


Appendixes


References


Index