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Agents of Change presents the results of an international conference held in Africa.  It provides practical solutions and suggestions for real change.  It discusses national strategies for small enterprises, examines legal, regulatory, and tax reform, and makes proposals on how to improve competitiveness and access to credit.

THE EDITORS

Philip English is an independant consultant based in Washington,DC, USA.  He was formely the Director of the Economic and Technology Policy Program at IDRC.

Georges Hénault teaches in the Faculty of Administration and is Director of the Institute for International Development and Co-operation at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Foreword — Philip English and Gilles Lessard
Preface — Georges Hénault
Acknowlegments

Part I. Introduction
Opening Address — Ferdinand Kacou Angora
Views from the Private Sector — Alain Bambara
Keynote Address — William F. Steel

 

Part II. The National Policy Process
Formulating a National Policy for Small Enterprise: the Kenyan Experience — Isaya A. Onyango and James Tomecko
The Role of the National Small Business Advisory Group in Promoting Small-Scale Enterprises in Zimbabwe — Enoch Moyo
Creating a Private-Sector Environment in Togo — E.R. Assignon and M. Sow

Part III. Regulatory Reform
How the Legal, Regulatory, and Tax Framework Affects the Dynamics of Enterprise Growth — Donald C. Mead
Creating an Enabling Environment for the Development of Small-Scale Enterprise through Tax Reform: the Case of Uganda, 1986–1993 — Justin Zake
Regulatory Restrictions and Competition in Formal and Informal Urban Manufacturing in Burkina Faso — Meine Pieter van Dijk

Part IV. Financial Services
Obstacles to Financial Innovation for Small Business Development in the Formal and Informal Private Sectors: Case Studies from the West African Monetary Union — Douato Adjémida Soedjede
Change Agents in the Development of Financial Services for Small-Scale Enterprises in Ghana — Gloria Nikoi
The Experience of FIDI in Developing Financial Services for Micro- and Small Enterprises in Côte d’Ivoire — A. Boissau
Adapting Financial Systems to the Needs of Small-Scale Enterprises: Some Experiences from Nigeria — David B. Ekpenyong and A.T.T. Kebang
The Changing Roles of Key Institutions in the Implementation of Credit Programs for Small-Scale Enterprise Development in Kenya — C. Aleke-Dondo

Part V. Innovations for Increasing Competitiveness
Improving Access of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises to New Technologies — Alan Kyerematen
The Role of Business Associations in Increasing the Competitiveness of Small-Scale Enterprises — Elias Dewah
Training for Entrepreneurship and Business Success in West Africa — R. Kouessi
Effective Development of a National Apex Institution: the Case of the Malawian Entrepreneurs Development Institute — Mark Havers and Sosten M.C. Nyoni
Increasing Small-Enterprise Competitiveness in Export Markets through Consortium Marketing: an Exploratory Study — J.T. Muzamani
The Private Sector as a Change Agent in the Development of Small-Scale Enterprises: Large Firm–Small Firm Linkages in Kenya — Catherine K. Masinde

Part VI. Conclusion
The Other Two Thirds: a Summary of Papers, Discussions, and Closing Remarks — Philip English and Jacob Levitsky
Appendix 1. Conference Participants
Appendix 2. The Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development
Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Bibliography

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