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Tables of Contents for Business Development in Asia and Africa
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
viii
The Policy Environment for Industry
1
15
Introduction
1
1
Stabilisation and structural adjustment
2
2
The new role of the state
4
5
Capacity and performance
9
2
Textiles as a `tracer' industry
11
3
The structure of the study
14
2
Entrepreneurs and Institutions
16
40
Introduction
16
1
The evolution of the state under structural adjustment
17
4
Entrepreneurs and markets
21
4
Embedded autonomy
25
2
Institutions, firms and entrepreneurship
27
5
Entrepreneurial environments and support mechanisms
32
6
Enabling institutions and entrepreneurship
38
4
What capabilities are required in an entrepreneurial environment?
42
3
External factors affecting capacity
45
2
Internal factors affecting capacity
47
3
Conclusion
50
6
Adjustment and Manufacturing: The Structure of Entrepreneurship
56
26
Introduction
56
1
The textiles sector before reform
57
5
The process of economic reform
62
11
The reform experience of the textiles sector
73
6
Conclusions
79
3
The Structure of Business Support Systems
82
32
Introduction
82
1
Structural weaknesses in the private sector
82
10
The response of the state: institutional frameworks
92
13
External factors affecting the capacity of support agencies
105
7
Conclusions
112
2
Facilitation and Regulation
114
29
Introduction
114
1
Which agencies were looked at?
115
3
A brief note on internal capacity
118
1
Agencies engaged in facilitation
119
12
Agencies engaged in regulation
131
10
Conclusions
141
2
Promotion and Representation
143
22
Introduction
143
1
Agencies engaged in representation
143
7
Agencies engaged in promotion
150
13
Conclusions
163
2
Conclusions: What Role Should Meso-Level Agencies Play in Industrial Development?
165
27
Introduction
165
2
Governance and systemic competitiveness
167
2
Internal capacities and agencies
169
4
External factors affecting the capacity of agencies
173
8
What are the critical constraints affecting the capacity of agencies?
181
5
Overall conclusions
186
3
Models for the development of agencies?
189
1
Future policies
190
2
Notes
192
7
Bibliography
199
11
Index
210