private firms and economic mobility in developing countries Fields, Gary S. 1946- editor Pfeffermann, Guy editor text mau Boston Kluwer Academic Publishers International Financial Corporation, World Bank Group 2003 monographic eng

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xviii, 297 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm. PART I. The role of the private sector: studies and evidence -- 1. Reducing poverty: the overall framework / Guy Pfeffermann and Gary S. Fields -- 2. Escaping from poverty: household income dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela / Gary S. Fields, Paul L. Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menendez, and David Newhouse -- 3. Long-term economic mobility and the private sector in developing countries: new evidence / Gary S. Fields and Walter S. Bagg -- 4. Informal self-employment: poverty trap or decent alternative? / William F. Maloney -- PART II. The private sector at work: cases from around the world -- 5. Generating upward mobility: the case of Korea and private sector development / Se-Il Park -- 6. The central role of entrepreneurs in transition economies / John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff -- 7. Opportunities off the farm as a springboard out of rural poverty: five decades of development in an Indian village / Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas Stern -- 8. The problem of African entrepreneurial development / Tyler Biggs and Manju Shah -- PART III. The business environment -- 9. The firms speak: what the world business environment survey tells us about constraints on private sector development / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann, and Andrew H.W. Stone -- 10. Obstacles facing smaller business in developing countries / Beatrice Weder -- PART IV. Public policy and public attitudes -- 11. Bringing SMEs into global markets / Kris Hallberg and. edited by Gary S. Fields, Guy Pfeffermann Empresas comerciales Países en desarrollo Movilidad laboral Países en desarrollo Países en desarrollo Condiciones económicas HC 59.7 P297 2003 0821354043 9780821354049 060907 20230410105519.0 spa