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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?

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Naude, Wim

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Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. $

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  1. Naude, Wim, 2009. "Entrepreneurship is not a Binding Constraint on Growth and Development in the Poorest Countries," Working Papers Research Paper No. 2009-4, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
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