Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census

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dc.contributor.advisorBlack, Anthonyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKapya, Daviden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-26T13:39:52Z
dc.date.available2017-01-26T13:39:52Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe implementation of privatization and Structural Adjustment Programs in Zambia saw the contribution of manufacturing in GDP significantly reduce from 37.2 percent in 1992 to 8.2 percent in 2013. Efforts to revamp manufacturing have not delivered to expectations and the industrial base has continued to be smaller than it used to be in the 1970s and 1980s. This has raised serious questions about suitable industrialization policies not only for Zambia but for other African countries as well. This study examines the agro-processing industry with a view to establish whether it can drive the development of Zambia's manufacturing. We start by exploring the growth opportunities and highlighting the key sectors of comparative advantage. Thereafter, we apply the Data Envelopment Analysis algorithm to construct measures of technical and scale efficiency for a sample of 115 firms using the 2011/2012 Economic Census data. Finally, we examine the effect of firm attributes on the firm's technical and scale efficiency using the Tobit regression model. The results reveal that there are sufficient growth opportunities in Zambia's agro-processing industry, but the industry is highly inefficient. The average technical efficiency was 42.5 percent while scale efficiency was 81.7 percent. The study also shows that firm efficiency is affected by firm size, the size of the firm's market share, labour costs, and location of the firm.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKapya, D. (2016). <i>Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23415en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKapya, David. <i>"Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23415en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKapya, D. 2016. Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kapya, David AB - The implementation of privatization and Structural Adjustment Programs in Zambia saw the contribution of manufacturing in GDP significantly reduce from 37.2 percent in 1992 to 8.2 percent in 2013. Efforts to revamp manufacturing have not delivered to expectations and the industrial base has continued to be smaller than it used to be in the 1970s and 1980s. This has raised serious questions about suitable industrialization policies not only for Zambia but for other African countries as well. This study examines the agro-processing industry with a view to establish whether it can drive the development of Zambia's manufacturing. We start by exploring the growth opportunities and highlighting the key sectors of comparative advantage. Thereafter, we apply the Data Envelopment Analysis algorithm to construct measures of technical and scale efficiency for a sample of 115 firms using the 2011/2012 Economic Census data. Finally, we examine the effect of firm attributes on the firm's technical and scale efficiency using the Tobit regression model. The results reveal that there are sufficient growth opportunities in Zambia's agro-processing industry, but the industry is highly inefficient. The average technical efficiency was 42.5 percent while scale efficiency was 81.7 percent. The study also shows that firm efficiency is affected by firm size, the size of the firm's market share, labour costs, and location of the firm. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census TI - Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23415 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKapya D. Technical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing census. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23415en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEconomic Developmenten_ZA
dc.titleTechnical and scale efficiency in Zambia's agro-progressing industry: a firm level data envelope analysis of the 2011/2012 manufacturing censusen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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