The development of African private enterprise /

By:

Geiger, Theodore

Contributor(s):

Armstrong, Winifred

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Planning pamphletsPublication details: Washington : National Planning Association , c1964 .Description: ix, 158 p. :illSubject(s):

DDC classification:

338.96 GEI

LOC classification:

HC101 .N352 no. 120

Summary: This study, covering 37 tropical African countries, surveys the development of indigenous private enterprise in industry, distribution and the service trades. Agriculture - by far the largest private sector in these countries - is excluded on the grounds that it "can more effectively be dealt with in the context of rural development as a whole". The first portion of the study elaborates an unblushing classic case for private enterprise: "basically, the benefits of private enterprise . . . arise from the nature of human motivations". A review of the characteristics and problems of African enterprise (with special attention to Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanganyika and Uganda) is followed by a series of enterprise-encouraging recommendations to African entrepreneurs, African governments, foreign investors, foreign governments and international agencies.

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Includes bibliographical references: 154-156.

This study, covering 37 tropical African countries, surveys the development of indigenous private enterprise in industry, distribution and the service trades. Agriculture - by far the largest private sector in these countries - is excluded on the grounds that it "can more effectively be dealt with in the context of rural development as a whole". The first portion of the study elaborates an unblushing classic case for private enterprise: "basically, the benefits of private enterprise . . . arise from the nature of human motivations". A review of the characteristics and problems of African enterprise (with special attention to Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanganyika and Uganda) is followed by a series of enterprise-encouraging recommendations to African entrepreneurs, African governments, foreign investors, foreign governments and international agencies.

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