The cost of doing business in Africa: Evidence from enterprise survey data

被引：77

作者：

Eifert, Benn ^{[1
]}

Gelb, Alan ^{[2
]}

Ramachandran, Vijaya ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[3] Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC USA

[4] Ctr Global Dev, Washington, DC USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2008年 / 36卷 / 09期

关键词：

productivity; investment climate; manufacturing; economic development; Africa; firm surveys;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.09.007

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys show that indirect costs (related to infrastructure and services) account for a relatively high share of firms' costs in poor African countries and pose a competitive burden on African firms. We estimate firm-level revenue and value-added functions for six industries in 17 developing countries, demonstrating that firm performance is sensitive to the cost of indirect inputs. As indirect inputs are not usually included in estimations of value added, we argue that exiting estimates understate the relative performance of African manufacturing firms. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：1531 / 1546

页数：16