The Ghanaian Manufacturing Enterprise Survey
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We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department for International Development (DFID) for funding the survey and of UNIDO for its continuing support of work on manufacturing enterprise in Africa. We also particularly need to thank the survey team members for their commitment and enthusiasm and the firms, their managers and employees for their willingness to participate. All errors remain the responsibility of the authors.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002