Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data (English)

The authors investigate the relationship between the productivity of African manufacturing firms and their access to services inputs. They use data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for over 1,000 firms in 10 Sub-Saharan African countries to calculate the total factor productivity of firms. The Enterprise Surveys also contain unique measures of firms' access to communications, electricity, and financial services. The availability of these measures...

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Arnold,Jens Matthias;

Mattoo,Aaditya;

Narciso,Gaia;
Document Date
2006/11/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4048
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data
Keywords
access to infrastructure service

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Arnold,Jens Matthias; Mattoo,Aaditya; Narciso,Gaia.

Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4048 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/483771468204860735

Services inputs and firm productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from firm-level data (English)

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