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Summary: Following his recent experience as a business consultant in Uganda, Vivek Shah considers how, counterintuitively, the country’ s entrepreneurial landscape has been shaped by a poorlyfunctioning labour market.
Introduction: setting the scene …
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Why is Uganda so entrepreneurial? …
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Significant challenges lie ahead …
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Conclusion: unsustainable drivers …
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