Volume III contains background papers including analysis of quantitative survey by Fafchamps and Quinn and background empirical work by Dinh, Mavridis, and Nguyen; Harrison, Lin and Xu; and Clarke.

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Background Paper 1

Results from the Quantitative Firm Survey
Marcel Fafchamps and Simon Quinn 

Background Paper 2

The Binding Constraint on Firms’ Growth in Developing Countries
Hinh T. Dinh, Dimitris A. Mavridis, and Hoa B. Nguyen  

Background Paper 3

Explaining Africa
Ann Harrison, Justin Yifu Lin, and Lixin Xu 

Background Paper 4

Assessing How the Investment Cimate Affects Firm Performance in Africa: Evidence from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys
George Clark 

Background Paper 5

Wages and Productivity in Manufacturing in Africa: Some Stylized Facts
George Clark