Business Development in Asia and Africa - The Role of Government Agencies

Informationen zum Autor PAUL JACKSON has been working in the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham! researching and carrying out consultancy for international agencies and governments. His interest in private sector development stems from experience of working with government agencies and companies in Africa! Asia and Eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the new role of the state in supporting the private sector in Africa and Asia. The book starts from the premise that governments have lost their previous roles of direct control and regulation, and moves on to examine their new set of roles within a 'free' market. It concentrates on examining these new roles and whether or not the agencies charged with the task have the capacities to deal with these new expectations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface The Policy Environment for Industry Entrepreneurs and Institutions Adjustment and Manufacturing: The Structure of Entrepreneurship The Structure of Business Support Systems Promotion! Facilitation! Regulation and Representation Promotion and Representation Conclusions: What Role Should Meso Level Agencies Play in Industrial Development? Bibliography Index

List of contents

Preface The Policy Environment for Industry Entrepreneurs and Institutions Adjustment and Manufacturing: The Structure of Entrepreneurship The Structure of Business Support Systems Promotion, Facilitation, Regulation and Representation Promotion and Representation Conclusions: What Role Should Meso Level Agencies Play in Industrial Development? Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: P Jackson, P. Jackson, Paul Jackson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2001
• EAN: 9780333736210
• ISBN: 978-0-333-73621-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Role of Government in Adjusting Economies; Role of Government in Adjusting Economies
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Business, Cultural Studies, Business and Management, International Relations, Business & management, Business and Management, general, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Economy, Management science, International Political Economy, Palgrave History Collection, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Asian Culture, Ethnology—Asia, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Development economics and emerging economies, bibliography;development;Government