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Africa's Private Sector: What's Wrong with the Business Environment and What to Do About It

3/23/09
Vijaya Ramachandran, Alan Gelb, and Manju Kedia Shah

What's keeping private business from flourishing in Africa? On the basis of unique enterprise surveys, Vijaya Ramachandran and her co-authors identify poor roads and unreliable power as major physical challenges; ethnic segmentation and the economic predominance ethnic minorities further constrain the business environment. The author show how investing in infrastructure and improving access to education can help bring about a broad-based business class in Africa.

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