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

This article examines how clustering affects the entry and exit decisions of farm households into and from nonfarm enterprises in rural Ethiopia. ...

The report was commissioned by the Research Council of Norway in order to provide a state of the art account of how to link human rights and ...

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

One of the more interesting traits of barter trade in the transition economies is the participation of foreign owned enterprises. As a rule, ...

The aim of the Baseline Survey was to generate information on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and enterprises in the Erongo and Otjozondjupa ...

The project on Community development with traditional leaders funded by the Norwegian Embassy and implemented by Matantala Rural Integrated ...

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ ...

Developing countries could raise substantial domestic revenues by strengthening tax legislation and administration, but a lack of global regulations to address cross-border tax evasion is slowing down the process.

CSR is on the rise in the Arab World, but the initiators find it difficult to root the concept beyond the ranks of state-owned enterprises and crony capitalists. - When CSR projects are initiated in Arab countries, they do not enter an empty void. Many businessmen have pre-existing conceptions of social responsibility, originated in Islam, says CMI-researcher Kjetil Selvik.

How can donors strengthen tax systems in developing countries? By complementing their technical approach with measures to build a taxpayer culture, and challenging development countries to take the lead, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

We analyze impacts of a cluster policy aiming to increase firm growth through maximizing agglomeration benefits and improving production facilities. ...

Les femmes, chefs d'enterprise dans la pêche piroguières au Ghana: Le cas de la ville fante de More

In today's Egypt, you cannot miss it: the heavy presence of the military institution in the economy. The Egyptian military owns business enterprises ...

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been described as ‘the backbone' of the economy of the Western Balkans.Indeed, with SMEs ...

By contrasting the performance of clustered microenterprises with that of dispersed ones in the handloomsector in Ethiopia, this study shows ...

Cluster development programs have become increasingly widespread tools in fostering innovation and growth of a competitive private sector in ...

Humanitarian intervention has increasingly become the prevalent means of providing protection and aid at a global level. Yet alongside its success ...

  Using data from microenterprises of the handloom sector in four regions of Ethiopia, the paper shows that clustering, through specialization ...

Microenterprises constitute an important source of employment, and developing such enterprises is a key policy concern in most countries. But ...