Indigenous ethnicity and entrepreneurial success in Africa
Subtitle: some evidence from Ethiopia
By: Taye Mengistae.
Contributors: World Bank. Development Research Group. Macroeconomics and Growth.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2534; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2534.
Publisher: World Bank, Development Research Group, Macroeconomics and Growth
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Minority business enterprises -- Ethiopia.; Manufacturing industries -- Ethiopia.; Ethiopia -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Manufacturing businesses owned by an indigenous ethnic group, the Gurage typically perform better than those of members of any other (major or minority) groups in Ethiopia. Gurage-owned businesses are normally larger and grow faster. Yet Gurage business owners typically are less educated than their counterparts in other groups and have less formal vocational training.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21).
Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 19, 2002.
"January 2001"--Cover.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.