This paper analyses the business environment for micro enterprises in Tanzania based on survey data. The primary objective of the study is to identify ...

New study hints on country's business barriers Perege Gumbo, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Ivar Kolstad and K

There is little doubt that private sector development is important for development, and that enabling the poor to become and succeed as entrepreneurs ...

A baseline survey was conducted in the Hararghe region in Ethiopia in 1989 to identify constraints to agricultural production and environmental protection ...

The purpose of this study is to systematise and analyse existing knowledge of the capacity and constraints of the tax systems in selected African countries, ...

A field experiment from Tanzania shows that business training improves sales and profit figures for men, but has no effect for women's business performance. -Promoting development among female entrepreneurs is challenging and needs comprehensive measures. We need to pay more attention to the external constraints that limit their possibilities, says Bertil Tungodden.

Constraints to realising local rationality: The case of the rural banks of Ghana Andy C.Y. Kwawukum

Which is the most binding constraint to microenterprise development, human capital or financial capital? To answer this question, we present the first ...

Despite severe structural political and economic constraints, people in the District of Buzi in central Mozambique have seen small but important ...

”Free and fair” elections depend not only on factors like adequate election management bodies, election transparency and the absence of coercion. ...

The report reviews available research on the links between agriculture and the rest of the economy, with a focus on structural adjustment and the role ...

This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilization in Anglophone Africa with an emphasis on urban settings. Specific ...

This paper examines opportunities and constraints facing local revenue mobilisation in anglophone Africa, with an emphasis on urban settings. It discusses ...

This article explores how working women in Sudan's capital negotiate legal constraints placing them under the guardianship of their husbands, imposing ...

In developing and transition countries, blanket anti-corruption efforts often fail due to economic constraints and political resistance. In such contexts, ...

Food-for-work (FFW) is the most widely used type of public works program in Ethiopia through which a high share of the food aid is distributed. This paper ...

Fiscal decentralisation - the devolution of taxing and spending powers to lower levels of government - has become an important theme of governance in ...

In Uruguay, innovative practices of consultation and dialogue between government and civil society have enlarged the scope of open government reforms. ...

Name: Merima Ali Research interests: Micro- and small-scale enterprises, cluster development and informal networks Geographical areas: Ethiopia and ...

Does a regional organization like SADC has any comparative advantages in implementing Aid for Trade measures? Many constraints for increasing trade are ...