The ‘New Minimalist Approach’ to Private‐Sector Development: A Critical Assessment

Altenburg, Tilman; Drachenfels, Christian von

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7679.2006.00331.x

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“…On the other hand, even extreme reductions in costs fail to encourage compliance among the majority of informal firms, owing to low benefits, limited ambitions, mistrust of governments, and the possibility of high recurrent costs of formalisation (Zinnes, 2009). This is consistent with arguments that the focus on registration costs emphasised historically by many donors is inadequate, as it neglects the need for proactive support for small firms (Altenburg & von Drachenfels, 2006;Arruñada, 2007).…”

Section: Strengthening Firm Incentives Capacity and Collective Actionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research

Joshi

Prichard

Heady

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

130

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This paper reviews the literature on taxation of the informal economy, taking stock of key debates and drawing attention to recent innovations. Conventionally, the debate on whether to tax has frequently focused on the limited revenue potential, high cost of collection, and potentially adverse impact on small firms. Recent arguments have increasingly emphasised the more indirect benefits of informal taxation in relation to economic growth, broader tax compliance, and governance. More research is needed, we argue, into the relevant costs and benefits for all, including quasi-voluntary compliance, political and administrative incentives for reform, and citizen-state bargaining over taxation.

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Section: Strengthening Firm Incentives Capacity and Collective Actionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research

Joshi

Prichard

Heady

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

130

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“…The issue of government intervention vs non-intervention as a policy imperative in the diffusion of technologies is part of a wider debate, but in the main 'selected intervention' has emerged as a viable option (World Bank, 2005;Altenburg & von Drachenfels, 2006). In the context of developing economies and e-government the first three major challenges identified by the World Bank's Centre for Democracy and Technology -infrastructure development, law and public policy, and the digital divide -are all areas in which government leadership and resources are required.…”

Section: Developing Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Priorities, policies and practice of e-government in a developing country context: ICT infrastructure and diffusion in Jamaica

Brown

Thompson

2011

European Journal of Information Systems

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This paper presents the findings of recent research into e-government policies and initiatives undertaken by the Government of Jamaica within the context of selective intervention facilitated through financial and technical assistance. In the specific context of a developing economy it highlights the use of infrastructure building and government intervention to aid diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) and draws attention to the differences between developed and developing countries in their approach to e-government. A case of the Jamaica Customs Department is provided to exemplify the implementation of e-government in practice. Using institutional factor analysis for IT innovation the interaction of policy and practice is analysed. Four significant themes are identified that characterise the context for e-government policy, together with the associated institutional factors. The relative importance of these factors is demonstrated with Innovation Directive, Standards and Subsidy shown to be prime. These findings contribute to both institutional factor analysis for IT innovation and to ICT adoption theory, and together signal the importance of the inclusion of policy-based intervention in a future research agenda for e-government in a developing country context.

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“…Firm strategy and private sector development: In recent years, private sector development has become a key objective for developing country governments and donor agencies alike, and a broad literature on private sector development initiatives has evolved (see, for example, Gibbon and Schulpen, 2002;OECD, 2006). Much of this private sector development thinking has focused on formal institutions such as investment approval procedures, judicial systems to enforce property rights and contracts, and business-friendly labor regulations (Altenburg and von Drachenfels, 2006). However, as pointed out by the institutional strategy literature, developing country firms (DCFs) are often working through informal and network-based channels to circumvent internal resource constraints and external institutional constraints (Peng, 2003;London and Hart, 2004).…”

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Firms in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Probe into the Borderland of Business Studies and Development Studies

Hansen

Schaumburg-Müller

2010

Eur J Dev Res

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Business studies and development studies have evolved relatively independent of each other -business studies occupied with profit maximizing strategies of entrepreneurs and firms, and development studies with economic, social and political development strategies of countries and regions. In recent years, the interest of both fields of academic enquiry has increasingly been directed toward issues related to firms and entrepreneurship in developing countries. However, in dealing with these issues, the two fields have, only to a limited degree, drawn on each other's insights. The article argues that without an enhanced conversation between the two fields in the era of globalization, the analytical and predictive power of both may be seriously impaired. The article moves on to identify areas, where there is substantial potential for cross-fertilization between the two fields.Les recherches dans le domaine du management et des e´tudes du de´veloppement ont e´volue´re-lativement inde´pendamment les unes des autres, la premie`re s'inte´ressant aux strate´gies permettant aux entreprises de maximiser leurs profits, les secondes s'interrogeant plutoˆt sur les strate´gies de de´veloppement e´conomique, social et politique des pays et des re´gions. Depuis quelques anne´es, ces deux domaines de recherche se penchent sur des questions lie´es aux firmes et a´l'entreprenariat dans les pays en voie de de´veloppement, mais les e´changes et enrichissements mutuels entre les deux spe´cialite´s sont limite´s. Cet article a pour but de montrer que si le dialogue entre ces deux disciplines ne se de´veloppe pas, leur capacite´analytique et de pre´vision risque, a´l'e`re de la mondialisation, d'eˆtre se´rieusement compromise. Ce travail s'attache a´identifier les champs de recherche au sein desquels des enrichissements mutuels pourraient eˆtre favorise´s.

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The ‘New Minimalist Approach’ to Private‐Sector Development: A Critical Assessment

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research

Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research

Priorities, policies and practice of e-government in a developing country context: ICT infrastructure and diffusion in Jamaica

Firms in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Probe into the Borderland of Business Studies and Development Studies

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