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LEADER: 03361cam a22003614a 4500
001 2001045178
003 DLC
005 20130529083554.0
008 010626s2001 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001045178
020 $a0333736214 (cloth)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa------$af------
050 00 $aHC415.I53$b.J33 2001
100 1 $aJackson, Paul,$d1968 April 24-
245 10 $aBusiness development in Asia and Africa :$bthe role of government agencies /$cPaul Jackson.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave,$c2001.
300 $aviii, 231 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aRole of government in adjusting economies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1 The Policy Environment for Industry -- Introduction -- Stabilisation and structural adjustment -- The new role of the state -- Capacity and performance -- Textiles as a 'tracer' industry -- The structure of the study -- 2 Entrepreneurs and Institutions -- Introduction -- The evolution of the state under structural adjustment -- Entrepreneurs and markets -- Embedded autonomy -- Institutions, firms and entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurial environments and support mechanisms -- Enabling institutions and entrepreneurship -- What capabilities are required in an entrepreneurial -- environment? -- External factors affecting capacity -- Internal factors affecting capacity -- Conclusion -- 3 Adjustment and Manufacturing: The Structure of -- Entrepreneurship -- Introduction -- The textiles sector before reform -- The process of economic reform -- The reform experience of the textiles sector -- Conclusions -- 4 The Structure of Business Support Systems -- Introduction -- Structural weaknesses in the private sector -- The response of the state: institutional frameworks -- External factors affecting the capacity of support agencies -- Conclusions -- 5 Facilitation and Regulation -- Introduction -- Which agencies were looked at? -- A brief note on internal capacity -- Agencies engaged in facilitation -- Agencies engaged in regulation -- Conclusions -- 6 Promotion and Representation -- Introduction -- Agencies engaged in representation -- Agencies engaged in promotion -- Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions: What Role Should Meso-Level Agencies -- Play in Industrial Development? -- Introduction -- Governance and systemic competitiveness -- Internal capacities and agencies -- External factors affecting the capacity of agencies -- What are the critical constraints affecting the capacity of -- agencies? -- Overall conclusions -- Models for the development of agencies? -- Future policies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aIndustrial promotion$zAsia.
650 0 $aIndustrial promotion$zAfrica.
650 0 $aIndustrial policy$zAsia.
650 0 $aIndustrial policy$zAfrica.
650 0 $aStructural adjustment (Economic policy)$zAsia.
650 0 $aStructural adjustment (Economic policy)$zAfrica.
650 0 $aFree enterprise$zAsia.
650 0 $aFree enterprise$zAfrica.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol058/2001045178.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol052/2001045178.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001045178.html