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The African Manufacturing Firm: An Analysis based on Firm Surveys in Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication: African Studies Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The African Manufacturing Firm: An Analysis based on Firm Surveys in Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Book review)

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The African Manufacturing Firm: An Analysis based on Firm Surveys in Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dipak Mazumdar and Ata Mazaheri. New York: Routledge, 2003. 451 pp.

Spanned over thirteen key chapters, besides two introductory and concluding ones, this book by Mazumdar and Mazaheri aims at providing a comprehensive examination of the African manufacturing sector (only organized) in Sub-Saharan Africa through data made available by the World Bank's RPED (Research Program in Enterprise Development) surveys for the period 1992-96. The authors have made a genuine effort in examining carefully the entirety of available data and thereby have come up with a detailed analysis of the African manufacturing firm. Beginning with various aspects related to the economic structure and production relations in the African manufacturing firm, the analytical exercise focuses on examining various factors of production along with providing a detailed analysis of the dynamics of firm behavior, and its competitiveness and export performance.

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