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Research Round-up

01/08/1997

4 pages long

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Based upon ‘Business linkages in Zimbabwe: helping to shape `win-win’ economic structures’. The first in a series of papers, this paper describes the rationale behind the Manic land Business Linkages Project in Eastern Zimbabwe. The economic and development perspectives of buyers, suppliers, and the nation are considered, including the relevance of gender in small enterprise. […]

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Banking on the poor: Peru’s small and micro enterprise sector

01/05/1997

10 pages long

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Sixty per cent of Peru’s urban workforce is employed within the small and micro enterprises (SMEs) which account for 95 per cent of all business in the country’s manufacturing, commercial, and service sectors. But in spite of credit needs of some US$ 1,250 million, in 1994 the combined input from the formal financial sector, international […]

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When corporations rule the world

01/11/1996

5 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Technological capability, NGOs, and small-scale development projects

01/05/1995

15 pages long

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Technological capability underpins economic development, but analysis of interviews with workers in international, UK-based NGOs suggests that it is rarely addressed explicitly when considering support for development work. Instead, the core values of these NGOs tend to determine their attitudes towards technology, with the result that their impact on the development of technological capability can […]

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Living or surviving: reflections on Central America

01/02/1995

9 pages long

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As the civil wars in Central America subside, the region is undergoing far-reaching changes in its economies, and in the role of the State, in particular in the growth of the maquila (assembly plant) industry, and the reduction of the public sector. However, poverty has increased, and is associated with high levels of violence and […]

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Feminising the workplace

01/10/1994

5 pages long

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The number of Indian women in management positions is low, but rising. The author presents a ‘typical’ female manager and treatment by male counterparts, revealing a widespread struggle to reverse traditional gender roles. How can the situation be improved? Organisational culture is a huge problem and changing male attitudes is key. Working women need to […]

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Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

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Investment finance: off limits for women

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Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

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An enterprise-development strategy for Zambia

01/05/1993

13 pages long

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Although Zambia’s deteriorating macro-economic situation has created a difficult environment for business, it also creates opportunities for the emergence of small and micro enterprises. Recent government policy reforms affecting these firms are discussed, along with existing programmes for credit, training, technical assistance, and common-site facilities/business incubators. The current programmes are limited in scope relative to […]

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