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Title:Promoting a Local Entrepreneurial Class in Ghana: The Issues and Problems
Author:Arthur, PeterISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:39
Issue:3
Pages:427-459
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:entrepreneurs
industrial policy
Urbanization and Migration
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Labor and Employment
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/25067494
Abstract:This paper examines how industrial policies during colonial rule, as well as those pursued by successive governments in postcolonial Ghana, have impacted the development of a local entrepreneurial class. Although successive governments in Ghana have devoted themselves to promoting industrialization, until recently there was not much focus on assisting and developing the managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of indigenous business owners because they were perceived as a potential political threat. However, this changed with the establishment of Empretec Ghana - a non-State development organization - in 1990 and the coming to power of the NPP (New Patriotic Party) in 2001. The paper argues that the programmes and services of Empretec Ghana, which are designed to promote an entrepreneurial class, are laudable, but the prospects for creating an entrepreneurial class to spearhead Ghana's industrialization process depend not only on the political, social and economic environment, but also, more importantly, on the support and assistance that the government offers them. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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