Incentives and obstacles to growth : lessons from manufacturing case studies in Madagascar (English)

Since the mid-1980s the Malagasy government has pursued fiscal and administrative reform along with economic and financial liberalization. These efforts have contributed to steady GDP growth rates since 1995, averaging 4.1 percent between 1997 and 1999. Manufacturing has been keeping pace with GDP, its share hovering around 12 percent. Firms located in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) have experienced tremendous growth, (19 percent a year between 1995...

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Cadot,Olivier;

Nasir,John L.;

Cotton,Linda;
Document Date
2001/11/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
28427
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Madagascar,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Incentives and obstacles to growth : lessons from manufacturing case studies in Madagascar
Keywords
export processing zone

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Cadot,Olivier; Nasir,John L.; Cotton,Linda.

Incentives and obstacles to growth : lessons from manufacturing case studies in Madagascar (English). Regional program on enterprise development discussion papers (RPED) ; no.117 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/376711468773059016

Incentives and obstacles to growth : lessons from manufacturing case studies in Madagascar (English)

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