Language:
English
Pages:
28 Seiten
Series Statement:
GIGA Working Papers No. 78 (May 2008)
Keywords:
Uganda Wirtschaft, informelle
;
Kleingewerbe
;
Wirtschaftsethnologie
Abstract:
Ugandan micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) still perform poorly. The paper util izes data collected in Uganda in March and April 2003 to analyze the business con straints faced by these MSEs. Using a stratified random sampling, a sample of 265 MSEs were interviewed. The study focuses on the 105 manufacturing firms that re sponded to all questions. It examines the extent to which the growth of MSEs is as sociated with business constraints, while also controlling for owners` attributes and firms` characteristics. The results reveal that MSEs` growth potential is nega tively affected by limited access to productive resources (finance and business ser vices), by high taxes, and by lack of market access. (Verlagsangaben)
Note:
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