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Dissertation / thesis | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Small industry development in Africa: lessons from Sudan |
Author: | Hansohm, Dirk |
Year: | 1992 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 263 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Bremer Afrika-Studien |
City of publisher: | Münster |
Publisher: | Lit |
ISBN: | 3894732237 |
Geographic terms: | Africa Sudan |
Subjects: | small-scale industry dissertations (form) |
Abstract: | Small industry and its promotion are regarded by many as a solution to the African economic crisis. The present study gives an overview of the theoretical discussion on small industry in Africa and confronts this with evidence from Sudan and a case study of Nyala city (West Sudan) conducted in 1987-1988. The underlying development advantages ascribed to small industry - labour intensity, income creation, capital mobilization, efficiency, flexibility, low import intensity, etc. - are analysed. The second part of the study examines the internal and external growth constraints on small industry, with the role of the government and its policies emerging as a major constraint. |