SLIDE 3
- Donor Committee for Enterprise Development
Accra (Ghana), 5-7 November 2007
L-TNCs Post-1990 manufacturing global exporters from South Post-1990 local market-oriented L-TNCs Post-1990 regional exporters Post-1990 local market-oriented FEs Post-1990 local market-oriented S-TNCs Other firms 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65%
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18%
Future annual employment growth (over next 3 years)
Future investment over next 3 years (as % of curre
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the frequencies of firms in the respective group, the bubble size indicates total employment of the respective group. Only companies that answered both variables, future annual investment rate (as % of sales) and future annual employment growth were included. Filtered out were firms with < 50,000 USD sales, with < 20 employees and established in 2003 and after.
Stagnation Employment- intensive growth “Jobless” growth High investment- high employment growth firms
Investment vs. employment growth
- Donor Committee for Enterprise Development
Accra (Ghana), 5-7 November 2007
Ghana Tanzania, UR Uganda Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Nigeria Senegal Mozambique Malawi Mali Madagascar
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 13% 14%
Future compound annual employment growth (over next 3 years) Future investment over next 3 years (as % of current sales)
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the frequencies of firms in the respective group, the bubble size indicates total employment of the respective group. Only companies that answered both variables, future annual investment rate (as % of sales) and future annual employment growth were included. Filtered out were firms with < 50,000 USD sales, with < 20 employees and established in 2003 and after.
Investment vs. employment growth
Employment- intensive growth “Jobless” growth High investment- high employment growth firms Stagnation
