Peace, prosperity and pro-growth entrepreneurship

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Support for entrepreneurship is widely seen as a mechanism to facilitate prosperity and peace in a growing number of post-conflict states. In this paper I critically evaluate this view. I argue that entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous quality in post-conflict states but not necessarily always for the good. Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship may inhibit the resurgence of the private sector and might even cause a relapse into conflict. To limit unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship there are at least six dimensions which need to be taken into consideration, namely: the context of war, the relationship between institutions and entrepreneurship, the role played by ethnic/immigrant (minority) entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in diaspora, the scope of the market, human and financial capital requirements, and appropriate forms of government support. Further research on entrepreneurship in post-conflict states is needed to overcome the current lack of data, which constrains policy design.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9190-991-9
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Discussion Paper ; No. 2007/02

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; New Firms; Startups ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Firm Behavior: Theory ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
• Thema: entrepreneurship ; peace ; security ; reconstruction ; development ; Entrepreneurship-Ansatz ; Unternehmensgründung ; Politischer Konflikt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Naudé, Wim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84657
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ