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Small Scale Industries in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

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  1. Reardon, Thomas, 1997. "Using evidence of household income diversification to inform study of the rural nonfarm labor market in Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 735-747, May.
  2. Joshi, Kaushal & Hasan, Rana & Amoranto, Glenita, 2009. "Surveys of Informal Sector Enterprises—Some Measurement Issues," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 183, Asian Development Bank.
  3. Hien Thu Pham & Shino Takayama, 2017. "Revisiting the “Missing Middle”: Productivity Analysis," Discussion Papers Series 580, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  4. B.A. Chukwu & R.I.Adeghe & S.M. Aguwamba, 2019. "The Impediments to Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria," Journal of Asian Business Strategy, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 9(1), pages 40-52, June.
  5. Hien Thu Pham & Nhan Buu Phan & Shino Takayama, 2020. "Productivity, Efficiency and Firm Size Distribution: Evidence from Vietnam," Discussion Papers Series 617, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  6. James R. Tybout, 2000. "Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 38(1), pages 11-44, March.
  7. Jonathan Goyette, 2012. "Optimal tax threshold: the consequences on efficiency of official vs. effective enforcement," Cahiers de recherche 12-07, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
  8. repec:ilo:ilowps:308526 is not listed on IDEAS
  9. Mats GRANÉR & Anders ISAKSSON, 2009. "Firm Efficiency And The Destination Of Exports: Evidence From Kenyan Plant‐Level Data," The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, vol. 47(3), pages 279-306, September.
  10. Goyette, Jonathan & Gallipoli, Giovanni, 2015. "Distortions, efficiency and the size distribution of firms," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 202-221.
  11. Richard Black & Adriana Castaldo, 2009. "Return Migration And Entrepreneurship In Ghana And Côte D’Ivoire: The Role Of Capital Transfers," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 100(1), pages 44-58, February.
  12. Harabi, Najib, 2005. "Determinants of Firm Growth: An Empirical Analysis from Morocco," MPRA Paper 4394, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  13. Babatunde Abidoye & Peter Orazem & Milan Vodopivec, 2014. "Mandatory costs by firm size thresholds: firm location, growth and death in Sri Lanka," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-20, December.
  14. Jianqing Ruan & Xiaobo Zhang, 2009. "Finance and Cluster-Based Industrial Development in China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(1), pages 143-164, October.
  15. Gebremariam, Gebremeskel H. & Gebremedhin, Tesfa G. & Jackson, Randall W., 2004. "The Role Of Small Business In Economic Growth And Poverty Alleviation In West Virginia: An Empirical Analysis," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20290, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  16. Thorsten Beck & Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, 2004. "SMEs, Growth, and Poverty," World Bank Publications - Reports 11278, The World Bank Group.
  17. Mayoux, Linda., 2001. "Jobs, gender and small enterprises : getting the policy environment right," ILO Working Papers 993467093402676, International Labour Organization.
  18. McPherson, Michael A., 1996. "Growth of micro and small enterprises in southern Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 253-277, March.
  19. Sharafat Ali, 2013. "The Small and Medium Enterprises and Poverty in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis," European Journal of Business and Economics, Central Bohemia University, vol. 8(2), pages 25-301:8, July.
  20. John Strauss & Edward Y. Qian & Minggao Shen & Dong Liu & Mehdi Majbouri & Qi Sun & Qianfan Ying & Yi Zhu, 2010. "Private-Sector Industrialization in China: Evidence from Wenzhou," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Keijiro Otsuka & Kaliappa Kalirajan (ed.), Community, Market and State in Development, chapter 16, pages 262-290, Palgrave Macmillan.
  21. Mellor, John W., 2014. "High rural population density Africa – What are the growth requirements and who participates?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 66-75.
  22. Gollin, Douglas, 1995. "Do Taxes on Large Firms Impede Growth? Evidence from Ghana," Bulletins 7488, University of Minnesota, Economic Development Center.
  23. Adams DW., 1995. "Using credit unions as conduits for micro-enterprise lending: latin- American insights," ILO Working Papers 993121653402676, International Labour Organization.
  24. McKenzie, David J & Woodruff, Christopher, 2006. "Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 55(1), pages 3-42, October.
  25. Mather, David & Donovan, Cynthia & Jayne, Thomas S. & Weber, Michael T. & Chapoto, Antony & Mazhangara, Edward & Mghenyi, Elliot W. & Bailey, Linda & Yoo, Kyeongwon & Yamano, Takashi, 2004. "A Cross-Country Analysis of Household Response to Adult Mortality in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HIV/AIDS Mitigation and Rural Development Policies," Food Security International Development Policy Syntheses 11322, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
  26. Tulus Tambunan, 1994. "Long-term Development of Small-scale Industries in Relation to Economic Development: Looking for General Propositions," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 33(2), pages 165-190.
  27. repec:ilo:ilowps:289918 is not listed on IDEAS
  28. Jason Donovan & Dietmar Stoian, 2023. "Value chain research and development: The quest for impact," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(5), September.
  29. Pascaline Dupas & Jonathan Robinson, 2013. "Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 5(1), pages 163-192, January.
  30. Humphrey, John & Schmitz, Hubert, 1996. "The Triple C approach to local industrial policy," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(12), pages 1859-1877, December.
  31. Awa Sanou & Lenis S. O. Liverpool‐Tasie & John M. Kerr, 2020. "Threshold investment and firm viability: Evidence from commercial poultry farms in Nigeria," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(3), pages 422-439, June.
  32. Arnold, John Edward Michael, 1994. "Nonfarm Employment In Small-Scale Forest-Based Enterprises: Policy And Environmental Issues," Working Papers 11877, Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Training Project.
  33. repec:ilo:ilowps:346709 is not listed on IDEAS
  34. Abidoye, Babatunde & Orazem, Peter & Vodopivec, Milan, 2008. "Firing Cost and Firm Size: A Study of Sri Lanka's Severance Pay System," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12922, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
  35. Haan, Hans Christiaan., 2002. "Training for work in the informal sector : new evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda," ILO Working Papers 993580143402676, International Labour Organization.
  36. Mintah, Emmanuel Kofi & Attefah, Kingsford Justice & Amoako-Agyeman, Francis Kofi Amoako-Agyeman, 2014. "The effect of Microfinance Institutions on the growth of small businesses in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana," MPRA Paper 57481, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  37. Susanna Wolf & Shyamal Chowdhury, 2003. "Use of ICTs and the Economic Performance of SMEs in East Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2003-06, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  38. Appiah-Adu, Kwaku, 1999. "The impact of economic reform on business performance: A study of foreign and domestic firms in Ghana," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 463-486, August.
  39. Dan Ofori & Majoreen Aryeetey, 2011. "Recruitment and Selection Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises: Perspectives from Ghana," International Journal of Business Administration, International Journal of Business Administration, Sciedu Press, vol. 2(3), pages 45-60, August.
  40. repec:kqi:journl:2017-1-1 is not listed on IDEAS
  41. Ralitza Dimova, 2008. "The impact of labour reallocation and competitive pressure on TFP growth: firm-level evidence from crisis and transition ridden Bulgaria," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 321-338.
  42. Mahamoud, Ismael, 2008. "Contraintes institutionnelles et règlementaires et le secteur informel à Djibouti [Institutional and regulatory constraints and the informal sector in Djibouti]," MPRA Paper 48886, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  43. Hock LK. & Sivananthiran A., 1995. "Contract labour in plantations, construction and sawmilling in Malaysia : a survey report," ILO Working Papers 993085263402676, International Labour Organization.
  44. Khandker, Shahidur R., 1989. "Improving rural wages in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 276, The World Bank.
  45. Chang-Tai Hsieh & Benjamin A. Olken, 2014. "The Missing "Missing Middle"," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 28(3), pages 89-108, Summer.
  46. Michael McPherson, 1995. "The hazards of small firms in Southern Africa," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(1), pages 31-54.
  47. Albert Berry & Dipak Mazumdar, 1991. "Small‐Scale Industry in the Asian‐Pacific Region," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 5(2), pages 35-67, September.
  48. Hien Thu Pham & Shino Takayama, 2015. "Revisiting the Missing Middle: Production and Corruption," CEPA Working Papers Series WP022015, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  49. Calin Arcalean & Gerhard Glomm & Ioana Cosmina Schiopu, 2019. "Urbanization, productivity differences and spatial frictions," CESifo Working Paper Series 7609, CESifo.
  50. repec:ilo:ilowps:358014 is not listed on IDEAS
  51. -, 2009. "Research on policies and institutions to support small and medium scale enterprise in the Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago report," Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe (Estudios e Investigaciones) 38666, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
  52. Clay, Daniel C., 1996. "Fighting an Uphill Battle: Population Pressure and Declining Land Productivity in Rwanda," Food Security International Development Working Papers 54692, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
  53. Castillo, Mario & Cortellese, Claudio, 1988. "Small and medium-scale industry in the development of Latin America," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), April.
  54. Barrett, Christopher B., 1997. "Food marketing liberalization and trader entry: Evidence from Madagascar," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(5), pages 763-777, May.
  55. Barseghyan, Levon & DiCecio, Riccardo, 2011. "Entry costs, industry structure, and cross-country income and TFP differences," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 146(5), pages 1828-1851, September.
  56. Dawson J. & Oyeyinka B., 1993. "Structural adjustment and the urban informal sector in Nigeria," ILO Working Papers 992945223402676, International Labour Organization.
  57. repec:ilo:ilowps:294522 is not listed on IDEAS
  58. Thorsten Beck, 2003. "Small and medium enterprises, growth, and poverty : cross-country evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3178, The World Bank.
  59. Daniels, Lisa, 1999. "The role of small enterprises in the household and national economy in Kenya: A significant contribution or a last resort?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 55-65, January.
  60. repec:ilo:ilowps:275285 is not listed on IDEAS
  61. John W. Mellor, 2001. "Employment Multipliers from Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 40(4), pages 371-400.
  62. Thorsten Beck & Asli Demirguc-Kunt & Ross Levine, 2005. "SMEs, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 199-229, September.
  63. Ettah, Bassey E. & Onye, Kenneth U. & Daasi, Gibson L.K., 2012. "Traditional Financial Institutions and Rural Enterprises in Nigeria: The Case of Ogoni Land," MPRA Paper 88396, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  64. Ashok K. Mishra & Kh. A. Mottaleb & Samarendu Mohanty, 2015. "Impact of off-farm income on food expenditures in rural Bangladesh: an unconditional quantile regression approach," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 46(2), pages 139-148, March.
  65. Tendler, Judith & Amorim, Monica Alves, 1996. "Small firms and their helpers: Lessons on demand," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 407-426, March.
  66. Bryceson, Deborah Fahy, 1996. "Deagrarianization and rural employment in sub-Saharan Africa: A sectoral perspective," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 97-111, January.
  67. McPherson, Michael A. & Liedholm, Carl, 1996. "Determinants of small and micro enterprise registration: Results from surveys in Niger and Swaziland," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 481-487, March.
  68. Harabi, Najib, 2003. "Déterminants de la croissance des entreprises: Une analyse empirique du Maroc [Determinants of Firm Growth: An Empirical Analysis from Morocco]," MPRA Paper 4440, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  69. Hernan Moscoso Boedo & Toshihiko Mukoyama, 2012. "Evaluating the effects of entry regulations and firing costs on international income differences," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 143-170, June.
  70. Hien Thu Pham & Shino Takayama, 2017. "Firm Size Distribution, Production Efficiency, and Returns to Scale: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," Discussion Papers Series 581, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
  71. Mridul Eapen, 2003. "Rural industrialisation in Kerala: Re-examining the issue of rural growth linkages," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 348, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India.
  72. Grosh, Barbara & Somolekae, Gloria, 1996. "Mighty oaks from little acorns: Can microenterprise serve as the seedbed of industrialization?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(12), pages 1879-1890, December.
  73. Ferchiou R., 1990. "Micro-entreprises du secteur informel a Tunis; obstacles de caractere legal et institutionnel," ILO Working Papers 992752853402676, International Labour Organization.
  74. McKenzie, David J & Woodruff, Christopher, 2006. "Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 55(1), pages 3-42, October.
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