Is there still a role for direct government support to firms in developing countries?
In: New Zealand economic papers, S. 1-6
ISSN: 1943-4863
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In: New Zealand economic papers, S. 1-6
ISSN: 1943-4863
In: Oxford review of economic policy, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 276-301
ISSN: 1460-2121
Abstract Despite the popularity of business training among policy-makers, its use has faced increasing scepticism. Most of the first randomized experiments could not detect statistically significant impacts of training on firm profits or sales. I reassess the evidence for whether small business training works, incorporating more recent results. A meta-analysis of these estimates shows that training increases profits and sales on average by 5–10 per cent. This is in line with what is optimistic to expect, but impacts of this magnitude are too small for most experiments to detect. I then discuss five approaches for improving the effectiveness of traditional training by incorporating gender, kaizen methods, localization and mentoring, heuristics, and psychology. The challenge is then how to deliver a quality programme on a cost-effective basis at a much larger scale. Three possible approaches to scaling up training are discussed: using the market, using technology, or targeting and funnelling firms.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 127, S. 104815
In: American economic review, Band 107, Heft 8, S. 2278-2307
ISSN: 1944-7981
Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than ten workers, with a modal size of one. Are there potential high-growth entrepreneurs, and can public policy help identify them and facilitate their growth? A large-scale national business plan competition in Nigeria provides evidence on these questions. Random assignment of US$34 million in grants provided each winner with approximately US$50,000. Surveys tracking applicants over five years show that winning leads to greater firm entry, more survival, higher profits and sales, and higher employment, including increases of over 20 percentage points in the likelihood of a firm having ten or more workers. (JEL D22, L11, L26, L53, M13, O14)
In: Migration studies, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 299-301
ISSN: 2049-5846
In: Migration, S. 68-82
In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 211-214
ISSN: 1943-9407
In: Journal of development economics, Band 99, Heft 2, S. 210-221
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 35, Heft 11, S. 2026-2039
In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Band 48, Heft 1, S. 206-207
ISSN: 0021-969X
McKenzie reviews An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the Transcendent, 2nd edition by John Hick.
In: Peace news, Heft 2470, S. 9
ISSN: 0031-3548
In: Peace news, Heft 2458, S. 9