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Basic entrepreneurship: A big new idea in development

Basic entrepreneurship: A big new idea in development (Project memo)

Miscellaneous Firms and Entrepreneurship

Authors

Oriana Bandiera

Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Robin Burgess

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Narayan Das

Senior Finance and Accounts Officer, BRAC University

Selim Gulesci

Assistant Professor in Economics, Bocconi University

Imran Rasul

Professor of Economics, University College London

Munshi Sulaiman

Director of Research, Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
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