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Size and Efficiency in African Manufacturing Firms:Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data

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  50. Laurin James & Michael Koelle & Simon Quinn, 2019. "Do Capital Grants Improve Microenterprise Productivity?," CSAE Working Paper Series 2019-13, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
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  52. Nicholas Nsowah-Nuamah & Francis Teal & Moses Awoonor-Williams, 2010. "Jobs, Skills and Incomes in Ghana: How was poverty halved?," CSAE Working Paper Series 2010-01, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
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