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Title: | Determinants of Small and Micro Enterprise Registration: Results from Surveys in Niger and Swaziland |
Authors: | MacPherson, Michael A. Liedholm, Carl |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | World Development |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 481-487 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Niger Swaziland - Eswatini |
Subjects: | small enterprises Development and Technology Economics and Trade Politics and Government |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(95)00147-5 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the determinants of small and microenterprise registration in two African countries, Niger and Swaziland, using a logit framework. In both countries, detailed surveys were recently conducted (in 1989 in Niger and in 1991 in Swaziland) of small and microenterprises ranging in size from one to 50 workers and operating in five sectors: garment, wood, and metal manufacturing, along with garment and food retailing. The paper shows that although virtually all firms in these countries are required to register, many do not. Several firm-specific factors are significant in explaining the probability of registering, including sector, location and size. Although Niger and Swaziland were reputed to possess differing regulatory environments, the analysis indicates that the probability of a firm registering does not depend on which country the firm is located in. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |