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Switching costs, Relationship banking and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises formal bank credit in Zambia

Using data collected from a sample of MSMEs located in urban areas of five major districts in Zambia, this paper investigates the existence and size of switching costs among Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) when borrowing formal bank credit.

Working Paper

1 Jan 2014

The Role of Foreign Investment in Ethiopia’s Leather Value Chain

A census of formal firms in the Ethiopian leather industry reveals that the change in government policy was successful in attracting foreign direct investment in the processing of raw hides and in the manufacturing of leather products.

Research Note

3 Dec 2013

Exploring dynamics in South African firms: small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity

Firm-level survey data for the period 2005-2011 in South Africa suggest that large firms have higher rates of net job creation than small firms and that there is a relatively high reallocation of employment across South African firms.

Research Note

26 Nov 2013

Product Market Price Integration in Developing Countries

Widespread empirical evidence of price discrimination in markets for goods and services suggests that national markets should be viewed as segmented rather than integrated. Yet, this research is almost entirely driven by studies of price setting behaviour in developed countries.

Working Paper

1 Nov 2013

Mobile Salary Payments in Afghanistan

This research note by Blumenstock, Callen and Ghani (2013) outlines the impact of mobile salary payments on transaction costs for the employer, demand for mobile services and employees' savings.

Research Note

17 Oct 2013

SME’s registration Evidence from an RCT in Bangladesh

Firms' informality is pervasive in Bangladesh. In this paper published in Economics Letters, De Giorgi and Rahman (2013) implemented an information campaign on registration and find that the treatment made firms more aware, but had no impact on registration.

Journal Article

1 Sep 2013

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Switching costs, Relationship banking and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises formal bank credit in Zambia

The Role of Foreign Investment in Ethiopia’s Leather Value Chain

Exploring dynamics in South African firms: small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity

Product Market Price Integration in Developing Countries

Mobile Salary Payments in Afghanistan

SME’s registration Evidence from an RCT in Bangladesh

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