The African Manufacturing Firm: An Analysis Based on Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 31)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Preface......Page 20
Part I Introduction......Page 22
1 The Economies of the Survey Countries in Africa......Page 24
Part II The Economic Structure and Production Relations......Page 44
2 Size Distribution of Firms in African Manufacturing and Market Structure......Page 46
3 The Production Function in African Manufacturing: Relative Productivity of Small and Large Firms......Page 84
Part III Factors of Production......Page 106
4 Entrepreneurial Firms in Africa......Page 108
5 Capital Markets – Finance......Page 130
6 Labor as a Factor of Production......Page 172
7 The Impact of Regulations and Infrastructure Relative to Other Problems Facing the Firm......Page 206
8 Contract Flexibility and Enforcement......Page 230
Part IV Dynamics of Firm Behavior......Page 250
9 The Analysis of Capacity Utilization......Page 252
10 Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 262
11 Investment......Page 304
12 The Growth of Firms......Page 338
Part V Competitiveness and Exports......Page 368
13 African Competitiveness in World Markets......Page 370
14 Characteristics and Performance of Export Oriented Firms: Evidence from RPED Surveys......Page 400
Part VI Conclusions......Page 430
15 Conclusions......Page 432
Bibliography......Page 456
Index......Page 466