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The Cost of Doing Business in Africa : Evidence from Enterprise Survey Data

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dc.contributor.authorEifert, Benn
dc.contributor.authorGelb, Alan
dc.contributor.authorRamachandran, Vijaya
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:01Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:01Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractData from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys show that indirect costs (related to infrastructure and services) account for a relatively high share of firms' costs in poor African countries and pose a competitive burden on African firms. We estimate firm-level revenue and value-added functions for six industries in 17 developing countries, demonstrating that firm performance is sensitive to the cost of indirect inputs. As indirect inputs are not usually included in estimations of value added, we argue that existing estimates understate the relative performance of African manufacturing firms.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development
dc.identifier.issn0305750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5683
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectFirm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope L250
dc.subjectIndustry Studies: Manufacturing: General L600
dc.subjectIndustrialization
dc.subjectManufacturing and Service Industries
dc.subjectChoice of Technology O140
dc.titleThe Cost of Doing Business in Africa : Evidence from Enterprise Survey Dataen
dc.title.alternativeWorld Developmenten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum637
okr.journal.nbpages1531-1546
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.09.007
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okr.volume36
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