Africa Growth Initiative

Learning to Compete Working Papers

Workers are seen in front the construction site of Eskom's Medupi power station, a new dry-cooled coal fired power station, in Limpopo province (REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO).

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Learning to Compete: Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa

December 2012, John Page and Måns Söderbom

John Page and Måns Söderbom examine whether aid programs targeted to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa are the best way to create jobs.