Yoshino, Yutaka2012-03-192012-03-192011978-0-8213-8627-9https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2546The private sector is the engine of economic growth, stimulating entrepreneurship and innovation and promoting competition and productivity. While many countries in Africa have developed private sector-driven growth strategies, private investment as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) is only 13 percent in Africa, significantly lower than in other regions, such as South Asia, with many low-income countries. The public sector still occupies the lion's share of economic activity in Africa. This study addresses how industrial clusters could be a springboard for the development of Africa's micro and small enterprise sector, which constitutes the bulk of the region's indigenous private sector. The successful development of industrial clusters in Asia illustrates how small enterprises can help to drive growth led by market expansion at home and abroad.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CAPITALACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCEACCESS TO MARKETSACCESSIBILITYACCOUNTINGACTION PLANADVERTISINGAVAILABILITY OF DATABANK OF TANZANIABANK OFFICEBANKSBLOGBUSINESS ACUMENBUSINESS CLIMATEBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICESBUSINESS ENTERPRISESBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS INDICATORSBUSINESS NETWORKSBUSINESS PERFORMANCEBUSINESS PLANNINGBUSINESSESBUYERBUYERSCAPABILITYCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL FORMATIONCOLLATERALCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENTSCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMODITIESCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPANYCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPETITORSCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTCOPYRIGHTCORPORATIONCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCSDEVELOPMENT BANKDIASPORA NETWORKDIASPORA NETWORKSDIVERSIFICATIONE-MAILECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEMPLOYMENTENDOWMENTSENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTENTERPRISE SECTORENTERPRISE SIZEENTERPRISE SURVEYENTERPRISE SURVEYSENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITYENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSENTREPRENEURSENTREPRENEURSHIPEQUIPMENTETHNIC GROUPETHNIC MINORITIESETHNIC MINORITYEXPANSIONEXPORT MARKETSEXTERNAL FINANCINGEXTERNAL MARKETSEXTERNALITIESFACILITATIONFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFINANCIAL CAPITALFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFINANCIAL SYSTEMSFIRM SIZEFIRMSFIXED CAPITALFIXED COSTSFLOW OF INFORMATIONFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN ENTERPRISESFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN MARKETSFORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSGENDERGLOBAL MARKETSGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROSS PROFITGROWTH STRATEGIESHIGH INTEREST RATESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCEHUMAN RESOURCESICTINDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINTERFACEINTERNAL NETWORKSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL MARKETINTERNATIONAL MARKETSJOB CREATIONLABOR MARKETLACK OF ACCESSLARGE ENTERPRISELARGE ENTERPRISESLICENSESLIMITED ACCESSLIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCELOANLOCAL ENTREPRENEURSMANAGERIAL SKILLMANAGERIAL SKILLSMANUFACTURERSMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING ENTERPRISESMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARKET ACCESSMARKETINGMATERIALMEDIUM ENTERPRISESMERCHANTSMICRO ENTERPRISESMINORITY ENTREPRENEURSMULTINATIONALNATURAL RESOURCESNEW ENTRANTSNEW MARKETSOPERATING COSTSPARENT COMPANYPHOTOPHYSICAL CAPITALPOLICY FRAMEWORKPRIVATE CREDITPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITYPRODUCT INFORMATIONPRODUCTION CAPACITYPRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISESPROFITABILITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC POLICIESPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY MANAGEMENTQUERIESRESULTRESULTSSALES REVENUESCALE ENTERPRISESSEARCHSHOPSIZE OF ENTERPRISESIZE OF ENTERPRISESSIZE OF FIRMSMALL BUSINESSSMALL ENTERPRISESMALL ENTERPRISESSMALL FIRMSMALL FIRMSSMESOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL SERVICESSTANDARDIZATIONSTART-UPSUBSIDIARYSUPPLIERSTECHNICAL KNOWLEDGETELEPHONETRADE CREDITSTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOWSTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSPORTTURNOVER RATESURBANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8627-9