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AGENTS OF CHANGE Studies on the Policy Environment for Small Enterprise in Africa |
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AGENTS OF CHANGE Studies on the Policy Environment for Small Enterprise in Africa
Edited by P. English and G. Hénault
IDRC/ITDG Publishing 1995
ISBN 0-88936-726-4
353 pp.
Disponible en français 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
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- 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
Book(s) 179 of 193
Foreword Philip English and Gilles Lessard 1995
Preface 1995
Part I. Introduction 1995
Part II. The National Policy Process 1995
Part III. Regulatory Reform 1995
Part IV. Financial Services 1995
Part V. Innovations for Increasing Competitiveness 1995
Part VI. Conclusion 1995
Appendix 1. Conference Participants 1995
Appendix 2. The Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development 1995
Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations 1995
Bibliography 1995
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