MICROFICHE REFERENCE LIBRARY A project of’ Volunteers in Asia Small Business in the Third World by Malcolm Harper Published by: John Wiley & Sons, in association with Intermediate Technology Development Group Copyright 1984 Available from: Intermediate Technology Publications 9 King St. London WC2E 8HN ENGLAND Reproduced by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reproduction of this microfiche document in any form is subject to the same restrictions as those of the original document. SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS IN THE THIRD WORLD IN THE THIRD WORLD GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL ASSISTANC GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICAL ASSISTANC Malcolm Harper Malcolm Harper Professor of Erlterprise Development Cranfield School of Management Professor of Erlterprise Development Cranfield School of Management Published in Association with Intermediate Technology Publkations Ltd bY JOHN WILEY & SONS Chichester - New York � Brisbane � Toronto . Singapore ISBN 0 471 90210 1 (Cloth) ISBN 0 471 90474 0 (Paper) Phototypeset by Inforum Ltd., Portsmouth. Printed by Pitman Press Ltd., Bath, Avon. Copyright 8 1984 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means, nor transmitted, nor translated into a machine language without the written permission of the publisher. British Libmty Cat&loping in Public&n Datu: Harper, Malcolm Small business in the Third World. 1. Developing countries-Small business I. Title 338.6’42’091724 HD2346.D/ ISBN 0 471 90210 1 (Cloth) ISBN 0 471 90474 0 (Paper) Libmy of Congms Ca&loging in Publication Data: Harper, Malcolm. Small business in the Third World. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Small business-Developing countries. 2. Small business-Developing countries-Case studies. I. Title. HD2346.5.H36 1984 338.6’42’091724 83-25960 CONTENTS LIST Preface *.......................,............................................................................... xi 1. What are snd