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Pathways out of poverty : private firms and economic mobility in developing countries / edited by Gary S. Fields, Guy Pfeffermann

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers : International Financial Corporation, World Bank Group, 2003 Description: xviii, 297 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0821354043
  • 9780821354049
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC 59.7  P297 2003
Contents:
PART I. The role of the private sector: studies and evidence -- 1. Reducing poverty: the overall framework / Guy Pfeffermann and Gary S. Fields -- 2. Escaping from poverty: household income dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela / Gary S. Fields, Paul L. Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menendez, and David Newhouse -- 3. Long-term economic mobility and the private sector in developing countries: new evidence / Gary S. Fields and Walter S. Bagg -- 4. Informal self-employment: poverty trap or decent alternative? / William F. Maloney -- PART II. The private sector at work: cases from around the world -- 5. Generating upward mobility: the case of Korea and private sector development / Se-Il Park -- 6. The central role of entrepreneurs in transition economies / John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff -- 7. Opportunities off the farm as a springboard out of rural poverty: five decades of development in an Indian village / Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas Stern -- 8. The problem of African entrepreneurial development / Tyler Biggs and Manju Shah -- PART III. The business environment -- 9. The firms speak: what the world business environment survey tells us about constraints on private sector development / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H.W. Stone -- 10. Obstacles facing smaller business in developing countries / Beatrice Weder -- PART IV. Public policy and public attitudes -- 11. Bringing SMEs into global markets / Kris Hallberg and.
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PART I. The role of the private sector: studies and evidence -- 1. Reducing poverty: the overall framework / Guy Pfeffermann and Gary S. Fields -- 2. Escaping from poverty: household income dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela / Gary S. Fields, Paul L. Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menendez, and David Newhouse -- 3. Long-term economic mobility and the private sector in developing countries: new evidence / Gary S. Fields and Walter S. Bagg -- 4. Informal self-employment: poverty trap or decent alternative? / William F. Maloney -- PART II. The private sector at work: cases from around the world -- 5. Generating upward mobility: the case of Korea and private sector development / Se-Il Park -- 6. The central role of entrepreneurs in transition economies / John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff -- 7. Opportunities off the farm as a springboard out of rural poverty: five decades of development in an Indian village / Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas Stern -- 8. The problem of African entrepreneurial development / Tyler Biggs and Manju Shah -- PART III. The business environment -- 9. The firms speak: what the world business environment survey tells us about constraints on private sector development / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H.W. Stone -- 10. Obstacles facing smaller business in developing countries / Beatrice Weder -- PART IV. Public policy and public attitudes -- 11. Bringing SMEs into global markets / Kris Hallberg and.

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