Industrial Clusters and Micro andSmall Enterprises in Africa : From Survival to Growth

Yoshino, Yutaka

World Bank

关键词: ACCESS TO CAPITAL;    ACCESS TO CREDIT;    ACCESS TO FINANCE;    ACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCE;    ACCESS TO MARKETS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-8627-9
RP-ID  :  58850

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The private sector is the engine ofeconomic growth, stimulating entrepreneurship and innovationand promoting competition and productivity. While manycountries in Africa have developed private sector-drivengrowth strategies, private investment as a proportion ofgross domestic product (GDP) is only 13 percent in Africa,significantly lower than in other regions, such as SouthAsia, with many low-income countries. The public sectorstill occupies the lion's share of economic activity inAfrica. This study addresses how industrial clusters couldbe a springboard for the development of Africa's microand small enterprise sector, which constitutes the bulk ofthe region's indigenous private sector. The successfuldevelopment of industrial clusters in Asia illustrates howsmall enterprises can help to drive growth led by marketexpansion at home and abroad.