90 research outputs found
Employment dynamics in the rural nonfarm sector in Ethiopia Do the poor have time on their side?
We study rural employment transitions in Ethiopia between farming and both low- and high-return nonfarm employment. We find that initial asset holdings and access to saving and credit are important factors for transition into high-return rural nonfarm employment and that households’ participation in high-return rural nonfarm activities is robust to their experience of health shocks. However, shocks that affect their wealth or liquidity may trigger descents into low-return nonfarm employment. On the other hand, shocks that reduce agricultural income motivate transitions into high-return rural nonfarm employment
Business Constraints and Growth Potential of Micro and Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Uganda
Business constraints and growth potential of micro and small manufacturing enterprises in Uganda
Ugandan micro and small enterprises (MSEs) still perform poorly. Studies associating poor performance of manufacturers with lack of finance and low investment ignore micro enterprises. Those focusing on MSEs are either exploratory in nature or employ a descriptive analysis, which cannot show the extent to which business constraints explain the performance of MSEs. Thus, this paper tries to examine the extent to which the growth of MSEs is associated with business constraints while controlling for owners’ attributes and firms’ characteristics. The results reveal that MSEs’ growth potential is negatively associated with limited access to productive resources (finance and business development services), high taxes and lack of market access
Carving a Niche:ICT, Social Capital, and Trust in the Shift from Personal to Impersonal Trading in Tanzania
How confident are general dental practitioners in their decision to administer antibiotic prophylaxis? A questionnaire study
Moving out of the bottom of the economy? Constraints to firm transition in the Indian informal manufacturing sector
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