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Entry Regulation and Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Bruhn, Miriam - 2017
The majority of microenterprises in most developing countries remain informal despite more than a decade of reforms aimed at making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. This paper summarizes the evidence on the effects of entry reforms and related policy actions to promote firm...
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Radion frequency (un)identification : results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; Herath, Dammika; McKenzie, David J.; … - 2014
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Radio frequency (un)identification : results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; Herath, Dammika; McKenzie, David J.; … - In: Development engineering 1 (2016), pp. 4-11
physical stock counts and to survey responses. We have three main findings. First, current RFID-technology is more difficult to … from read efficiency being comprised by liquids, metal, and product stacking. Third, a comparison of survey responses and … physical stock-takes shows much higher accuracy for survey measures than RFID. As a result, we conclude that this technology is …
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Radio frequency (un)identification : results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; Herath, Dammika; McKenzie, David J.; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438270
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Radio Frequency (Un)Identification : Results from a Proof-of-Concept Trial of the Use of RFID Technology to Measure Microenterprise Turnover in Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh - 2017
reads to physical stock counts and to survey responses. There are three main findings. First, current RFID-technology is … of survey responses and physical stock-takes shows much higher accuracy for survey measures. As a result, the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972609
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Macroinsurance for microenterprises : a randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt
Groh, Matthew; McKenzie, David J. - In: Journal of development economics 118 (2016), pp. 13-25
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Micro-equity for microenterprises
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2019
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Micro-Equity for Microenterprises
de Mel, Suresh - 2019
Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...
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Small firm death in developing countries
McKenzie, David J.; Paffhausen, Anna Luisa - In: The review of economics and statistics 101 (2019) 4, pp. 645-657
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Small firm death in developing countries
McKenzie, David J.; Pafhausen, Anna Luisa - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761134