What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data (English)

Can perceptions data help us understand investment climate constraints facing the private sector? Or do firms simply complain about everything? In this paper, the authors provide a picture of how firms' views on constraints differ across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys database, they find that reported constraints reflect country characteristics and vary systematically by level of income-the most elemental...

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Author

Gelb,Alan Harold;

Ramachandran,Vijaya;

Shah,Manju Kedia;

Turner,Ginger Leigh;
Document Date
2007/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4446
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data
Keywords
economic instability

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

3A-Studies on African Enterprise Growth and Productivity: Evidence from ICA data -- P096587

Major Sector

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

FY17 - Public Administration

FY17 - Transportation

FY17 - Energy and Extractives

FY17 - Financial Sector

Theme

FY17 - Monetary and Credit Policies,FY17 - Fiscal Policy,FY17 - Regulation and Competition Policy,FY17 - Fiscal sustainability,FY17 - Rule of Law,FY17 - Legal Institutions for a Market Economy,FY17 - Public Expenditure Policy,FY17 - External Finance,FY17 - Macro-financial policies,FY17 - Tax policy,FY17 - Business Enabling Environment,FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance,FY17 - Macroeconomic Resilience,FY17 - Investment and Business Climate,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Public Administration

Sector

FY17 - Other Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Other Transportation,FY17 - Other Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Other Non-bank Financial Institutions,FY17 - Other Public Administration

TF No/Name

TF055377-BNPP-PSD: STUDIES ON AFRICAN ENTERPRISE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDEN

Topics

Access to Finance,Business Environment,Crime,Education, Skills Development and Labor Market,Power and Electricity Sector,

Historic Topics

Finance and Financial Sector Development, Governance, Private Sector Development,

Historic SubTopics

Access to Finance, Crime and Society, Energy Policies & Economics, Investment and Investment Climate,

Unit Owning

AFT: Finance & Priv Sect Dev FO (AFTFP); Development Research Group (DECRG)

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4446;

Product Line

Economic and Sector Work

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Gelb,Alan Harold; Ramachandran,Vijaya; Shah,Manju Kedia; Turner,Ginger Leigh.

What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4446 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/980061468010497193

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