Enterprise in Africa : between poverty and growth / edited by Kenneth King and Simon McGrath.

Contributor(s): McGrath, Simon A | King, Kenneth, 1940-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Intermediate Technology, c1999Description: ix, 245 p. : 23 cmISBN: 1853394785Subject(s): Small business -- Africa | Africa -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 339.46 LOC classification: HD2346.A55 | E58 1999Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Foreword / George Foulkes -- Preface -- Authors' biographies -- Introduction. Enterprise in Africa: new contexts; renewed challenges / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Pt. 1. Micro-enterprises, macro-perspectives. 1. Have Africa's economies turned the corner? / Tony Killick ; 2. Developmental states and small enterprises / Thandika Mkandawire ; 3. Gender, property rights and trade: constraints to Africa growth / Susan Joekes -- Pt. 2. Small and micro-enterprises and the development agenda. 4. MSEs tackle both poverty and growth (but in differing proportions) / Donald C. Mead ; 5. Micro-in West Africa / Jacques Charmes ; 6. Small enterprise development in post-apartheid South Africa / Christian M. Rogerson ; 7. Inherent gender inequities in small and micro-enterprise development in rural Africa ; 8. Enterprise development in Africa: strategies for impact and growth / George Manu -- Pt. 3. Collaboration between enterprises. 9. Do SMEs network for growth? / Abigail Barr ; 10. Enterprise clusters in Africa: linkages for growth and development / Dorothy McCormick ; 11. Trading agents and other producer services in African industrialization and globalization / Poul Ove Pedersen ; 12. MSE associations and enterprise promotion in Africa / Hans Christiaan Haan -- Pt. 4. Learning to grow: SMEs, skills and technology. 13. Technology, NGOs and small enterprise: securing livelihoods through technical change / Andy Jeans ; 14. Competences and other factors affecting the small enterprise sector in Ibadan, Nigeria / Susanna Adam ; 15. Reshaping vocational training: hopeful signs for a Ghanaian experience / Lawrence A. Honny ; 16. The role and potential of technical and vocational education in formal education systems in Africa / Bonaventure Wanjala Kerre ; 17. Learning to grow? The importance of education and training for small and micro-enterprise development / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Bibliography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-245).

Foreword / George Foulkes -- Preface -- Authors' biographies -- Introduction. Enterprise in Africa: new contexts; renewed challenges / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Pt. 1. Micro-enterprises, macro-perspectives. 1. Have Africa's economies turned the corner? / Tony Killick ; 2. Developmental states and small enterprises / Thandika Mkandawire ; 3. Gender, property rights and trade: constraints to Africa growth / Susan Joekes -- Pt. 2. Small and micro-enterprises and the development agenda. 4. MSEs tackle both poverty and growth (but in differing proportions) / Donald C. Mead ; 5. Micro-in West Africa / Jacques Charmes ; 6. Small enterprise development in post-apartheid South Africa / Christian M. Rogerson ; 7. Inherent gender inequities in small and micro-enterprise development in rural Africa ; 8. Enterprise development in Africa: strategies for impact and growth / George Manu -- Pt. 3. Collaboration between enterprises. 9. Do SMEs network for growth? / Abigail Barr ; 10. Enterprise clusters in Africa: linkages for growth and development / Dorothy McCormick ; 11. Trading agents and other producer services in African industrialization and globalization / Poul Ove Pedersen ; 12. MSE associations and enterprise promotion in Africa / Hans Christiaan Haan -- Pt. 4. Learning to grow: SMEs, skills and technology. 13. Technology, NGOs and small enterprise: securing livelihoods through technical change / Andy Jeans ; 14. Competences and other factors affecting the small enterprise sector in Ibadan, Nigeria / Susanna Adam ; 15. Reshaping vocational training: hopeful signs for a Ghanaian experience / Lawrence A. Honny ; 16. The role and potential of technical and vocational education in formal education systems in Africa / Bonaventure Wanjala Kerre ; 17. Learning to grow? The importance of education and training for small and micro-enterprise development / Simon McGrath and Kenneth King -- Bibliography.

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