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Capital markets in sub-Saharan AfricaCapital markets facilitate capital growth by mobilizing savings and converting them into investments, and they are therefore a stimulant of economic growth. There is evidence that countries with high savings rates tend to grow faster...
Capital market Domestic savings InvestmentsWorking Paper
Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar’s manufacturing sector: Evidence from two matched employer–employee surveysWe look into the relationship between business practices and enterprise productivity using panel data with matched employer and employee information from Myanmar...
Business Management ProductivityResearch Brief
Research Brief
Book Chapter
Does union membership pay off?: Evidence from Vietnamese SMEsFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Labour unions Wages Small and medium enterprisesBook Chapter
Pecuniary returns to working conditionsFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Wage differentials Working conditions Small and medium enterprisesBook Chapter
How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises?From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Entrepreneurship Informal sector Small and medium enterprisesProject meeting
Sixth steering committee meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)
Project meeting
Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)The fifth Steering Committee Meeting on Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) took place on 26 March at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The meeting is part of the on-going project ' Towards inclusive...
Working Paper
Innovation efforts in developing countries: The case of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprisesThe identification of potential innovation efforts plays an important role in evaluating the innovation process. The innovation efforts of firms in developing countries might be different to those of Western enterprises...
Developing countries Innovation Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Pecuniary returns to working conditions in VietnamUsing matched worker-firm data from three waves of the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprises data, we examine whether workers are compensated with higher wages for working in vulnerable jobs and unfavourable working conditions...
Wage differentials Working conditions Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Does union membership pay off?: Evidence from Vietnamese SMEsIn the absence of adequate institutional mechanisms, trade unions can potentially promote higher wages and other worker benefits, yet limited data availability means little is known about the effect unions have on individual earnings in developing ec...
Labour unions Wages Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises?Is the lack of ‘managerial capital’, alongside human and financial capital, a constraint on the growth of firms in developing countries? The evidence on this is still mixed, especially among small and medium enterprises...
Entrepreneurship Informal sector Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Firm-level corruption: Unravelling sand from greaseThis paper adds to the recent literature on firm-level corruption by relying on rich data including detailed information on the purpose and amounts of bribe payments among Vietnamese micro, small, and medium firms...
Corruption Firm performance Small and medium enterprises