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  • 1
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    Online Resource
    How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? (2018)
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Africa Region & Development Research Group
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1040818609
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 53 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8601
    Content: Developing country governments seek to reduce the pervasive informality of firms for multiple reasons: increasing the tax base, helping firms access formal markets and grow, increasing the rule of law, and as a means to obtain data that can be used for other government functions. However, there is debate as to the best approach for achieving these goals. This study conducted a randomized experiment in Malawi to test three alternatives: (a) assisting firms to obtain a business registration certificate that offers access to formal markets but imposes no tax obligations; (b) assisting firms to obtain business registration and tax registration; and (c) supplementing the assistance to obtain business registration with a bank information session intended to help firms utilize one of the key potential benefits of formalizing. The study finds incredibly high demand for obtaining a formal status that is separate from tax obligations, and very low take-up of tax registration. Business registration alone has no impact on access to formal markets or firm performance. However, coupling registration assistance with the bank information session increases the use of formal financial services, and results in increases in firm sales by 20 percent and profits by 15 percent. The results highlight the advantages of separating business and tax registration, but also the need to assist firms in benefiting from their new formal status
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Campos, Francisco How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System? Experimental Evidence from Malawi Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018
    Language: English
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8601
    URL: Volltext  (Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
    URL: Deutschlandweit zugänglich
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
    URL: kostenfrei
    Author information: McKenzie, David J.
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    Stabi Berlin
    UB Potsdam
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    How Should the Government Bring Small Firms into the Formal System? : Experimental Evidence from Malawi (2018)
    Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958975987902883
    Format: 1 online resource (53 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy research working papers.
    Content: Developing country governments seek to reduce the pervasive informality of firms for multiple reasons: increasing the tax base, helping firms access formal markets and grow, increasing the rule of law, and as a means to obtain data that can be used for other government functions. However, there is debate as to the best approach for achieving these goals. This study conducted a randomized experiment in Malawi to test three alternatives: (a) assisting firms to obtain a business registration certificate that offers access to formal markets but imposes no tax obligations; (b) assisting firms to obtain business registration and tax registration; and (c) supplementing the assistance to obtain business registration with a bank information session intended to help firms utilize one of the key potential benefits of formalizing. The study finds incredibly high demand for obtaining a formal status that is separate from tax obligations, and very low take-up of tax registration. Business registration alone has no impact on access to formal markets or firm performance. However, coupling registration assistance with the bank information session increases the use of formal financial services, and results in increases in firm sales by 20 percent and profits by 15 percent. The results highlight the advantages of separating business and tax registration, but also the need to assist firms in benefiting from their new formal status.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8601
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    Open Access Request
    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened : Lessons from Trying to Conduct Randomized Evaluations of Matching Grant Programs in Africa (2012)
    Washington, D.C., : The World Bank,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958246416002883
    Format: 1 online resource (36 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy research working papers.
    Content: Matching grants are one of the most common policy instruments used by developing country governments to try to foster technological upgrading, innovation, exports, use of business development services and other activities leading to firm growth. However, since they involve subsidizing firms, the risk is that they could crowd out private investment, subsidizing activities that firms were planning to undertake anyway, or lead to pure private gains, rather than generating the public gains that justify government intervention. As a result, rigorous evaluation of the effects of such programs is important. The authors attempted to implement randomized experiments to evaluate the impact of seven matching grant programs offered in six African countries, but in each case were unable to complete an experimental evaluation. One critique of randomized experiments is publication bias, whereby only those experiments with "interesting" results get published. The hope is to mitigate this bias by learning from the experiments that never happened. This paper describes the three main proximate reasons for lack of implementation: continued project delays, politicians not willing to allow random assignment, and low program take-up; and then delves into the underlying causes of these occurring. Political economy, overly stringent eligibility criteria that do not take account of where value-added may be highest, a lack of attention to detail in "last mile" issues, incentives facing project implementation staff, and the way impact evaluations are funded, and all help explain the failure of randomization. Lessons are drawn from these experiences for both the implementation and the possible evaluation of future projects.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6296
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    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 4
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Short-Term Impacts of Formalization Assistance and a Bank Information Session on Business Registration and Access to Finance in Malawi / (2015)
    Washington, D.C., : The World Bank,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958246527502883
    Format: 1 online resource (43 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy research working papers.
    Content: Despite regulatory efforts designed to make it easier for firms to formalize, informality remains extremely high among firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. In most of the region, business registration in a national registry is separate from tax registration. This paper provides initial results from an experiment in Malawi that randomly allocated firms into a control group and three treatment groups: a) a group offered assistance for costless business registration; b) a group offered assistance with costless business registration and (separate) tax registration; and c) a group offered assistance for costless business registration along with an information session at a bank that ended with the offer of business bank accounts. The study finds that all three treatments had extremely large impacts on business registration, with 75 percent of those offered assistance receiving a business registration certificate. The findings offer a cost-effective way of getting firms to formalize in this dimension. However, in common with other studies, information and assistance has a limited impact on tax registration. The paper measures the short-term impacts of formalization on financial access and usage. Business registration alone has no impact for either men or women on bank account usage, savings, or credit. However, the combination of formalization assistance and the bank information session results in significant impacts on having a business bank account, financial practices, savings, and use of complementary financial products.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7183
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    Open Access Request
    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Breaking the Metal Ceiling : Female Entrepreneurs Who Succeed in Male-Dominated Sectors. (2015)
    Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958143945302883
    Format: 1 online resource (39 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy research working papers.
    Content: A range of reasons is cited to explain gender differences in business performance in Africa. Within those, the sector of operations is consistently identified as a major issue. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to assess how women entrepreneurs in Uganda start (and strive) operating firms in male-dominated sectors, and what hinders other women from doing so. The study finds that women who cross over into male-dominated sectors make as much as men, and three times more than women who stay in female-dominated sectors. The paper examines a set of factors to explain the differences in sector choices, and finds that there is a problem of information about opportunities in male-dominated industries. The analysis also concludes that psychosocial factors, particularly the influence of male role models and exposure to the sector from family and friends, are critical in helping women circumvent or overcome the norms that undergird occupational segregation.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7503
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    Open Access Request
    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Gender and Enterprise Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions (2017)
    Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,
    Details
    UID:
    almafu_9958314760402883
    Format: 1 online resource (35 pages)
    Series Statement: Policy research working papers.
    Content: Female participation in entrepreneurial activities is higher in Sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region. However, women-owned businesses significantly underperform those owned by men. This paper identifies the main constraints that women face in developing their businesses in Africa and discusses how these constraints influence strategic choices in areas such as level of investment and sector of operations. The paper synthesizes the emerging lessons about what works and what does not work to address the underlying constraints to the performance of women-owned firms. Moreover, it identifies knowledge gaps and priority research questions. The paper aims to support the development of a gender-informed policy and research agenda on enterprise development that can guide practitioners, development partners, and researchers who seek to advance women's economic empowerment in Africa.
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8239
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    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Short-Term Impacts of Formalization Assistance and a Bank Information Session on Business Registration and Access to Finance in Malawi (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Details
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048269256
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (43 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Content: Despite regulatory efforts designed to make it easier for firms to formalize, informality remains extremely high among firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. In most of the region, business registration in a national registry is separate from tax registration. This paper provides initial results from an experiment in Malawi that randomly allocated firms into a control group and three treatment groups: a) a group offered assistance for costless business registration; b) a group offered assistance with costless business registration and (separate) tax registration; and c) a group offered assistance for costless business registration along with an information session at a bank that ended with the offer of business bank accounts. The study finds that all three treatments had extremely large impacts on business registration, with 75 percent of those offered assistance receiving a business registration certificate. The findings offer a cost-effective way of getting firms to formalize in this dimension. However, in common with other studies, information and assistance has a limited impact on tax registration. The paper measures the short-term impacts of formalization on financial access and usage. Business registration alone has no impact for either men or women on bank account usage, savings, or credit. However, the combination of formalization assistance and the bank information session results in significant impacts on having a business bank account, financial practices, savings, and use of complementary financial products
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Campos, Francisco Short-Term Impacts of Formalization Assistance and a Bank Information Session on Business Registration and Access to Finance in Malawi Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2015
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7183
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    Fulltext
    EUV Frankfurt
    HTW Berlin
  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened : Lessons from Trying to Conduct Randomized Evaluations of Matching Grant Programs in Africa (2012)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Details
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048265732
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (36 p)
    Content: Matching grants are one of the most common policy instruments used by developing country governments to try to foster technological upgrading, innovation, exports, use of business development services and other activities leading to firm growth. However, since they involve subsidizing firms, the risk is that they could crowd out private investment, subsidizing activities that firms were planning to undertake anyway, or lead to pure private gains, rather than generating the public gains that justify government intervention. As a result, rigorous evaluation of the effects of such programs is important. The authors attempted to implement randomized experiments to evaluate the impact of seven matching grant programs offered in six African countries, but in each case were unable to complete an experimental evaluation. One critique of randomized experiments is publication bias, whereby only those experiments with "interesting" results get published. The hope is to mitigate this bias by learning from the experiments that never happened. This paper describes the three main proximate reasons for lack of implementation: continued project delays, politicians not willing to allow random assignment, and low program take-up; and then delves into the underlying causes of these occurring. Political economy, overly stringent eligibility criteria that do not take account of where value-added may be highest, a lack of attention to detail in "last mile" issues, incentives facing project implementation staff, and the way impact evaluations are funded, and all help explain the failure of randomization. Lessons are drawn from these experiences for both the implementation and the possible evaluation of future projects
    Additional Edition: Campos, Francisco Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6296
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    Fulltext
    EUV Frankfurt
    HTW Berlin
  • 9
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Gender and Enterprise Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Details
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048270152
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (35 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Content: Female participation in entrepreneurial activities is higher in Sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region. However, women-owned businesses significantly underperform those owned by men. This paper identifies the main constraints that women face in developing their businesses in Africa and discusses how these constraints influence strategic choices in areas such as level of investment and sector of operations. The paper synthesizes the emerging lessons about what works and what does not work to address the underlying constraints to the performance of women-owned firms. Moreover, it identifies knowledge gaps and priority research questions. The paper aims to support the development of a gender-informed policy and research agenda on enterprise development that can guide practitioners, development partners, and researchers who seek to advance women's economic empowerment in Africa
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Campos, Francisco Gender and Enterprise Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8239
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
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    Online Resource
    Fulltext
    EUV Frankfurt
    HTW Berlin
  • 10
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Breaking the Metal Ceiling : Female Entrepreneurs Who Succeed in Male-Dominated Sectors (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Details
    UID:
    b3kat_BV048269066
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (39 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Content: A range of reasons is cited to explain gender differences in business performance in Africa. Within those, the sector of operations is consistently identified as a major issue. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to assess how women entrepreneurs in Uganda start (and strive) operating firms in male-dominated sectors, and what hinders other women from doing so. The study finds that women who cross over into male-dominated sectors make as much as men, and three times more than women who stay in female-dominated sectors. The paper examines a set of factors to explain the differences in sector choices, and finds that there is a problem of information about opportunities in male-dominated industries. The analysis also concludes that psychosocial factors, particularly the influence of male role models and exposure to the sector from family and friends, are critical in helping women circumvent or overcome the norms that undergird occupational segregation
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Campos, Francisco Breaking the Metal Ceiling: Female Entrepreneurs Who Succeed in Male-Dominated Sectors Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2015
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7503
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    EUV Frankfurt
    HTW Berlin
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