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Mentors or Teachers? Microenterprise Training in Kenya
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018We use a randomized controlled trial to demonstrate that inexperienced female microenterprise owners in a Kenyan slum benefit from mentorship by an experienced entrepreneur in the same community. Mentorship increases profits by 20 percent on average with
W. Brooks +2 more
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, 2020
Although post-apartheid South Africa has introduced various policies and institutions to support small and micro businesses, these efforts have not delivered expected results; many such firms are not growing and are failing.
D. Mahadea, Samukelisiwe Khumalo
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Although post-apartheid South Africa has introduced various policies and institutions to support small and micro businesses, these efforts have not delivered expected results; many such firms are not growing and are failing.
D. Mahadea, Samukelisiwe Khumalo
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Microenterprise financing preference
Journal of Economic Studies, 2012PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of financing preference of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) whilst distinguishing a broader range of financing sources beyond what is typically the case within the corporate finance literature.Design/methodology/approachUnder the framework of ordinal logistic regression, the paper ...
Eric Osei‐Assibey +2 more
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Journal of Family Business Management, 2020
PurposeThe development of family-based microenterprises has attracted the attention of regulators, microfinance institutions and other stakeholders in either developing or least developed countries.
Shamsuddin Ahamad +2 more
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PurposeThe development of family-based microenterprises has attracted the attention of regulators, microfinance institutions and other stakeholders in either developing or least developed countries.
Shamsuddin Ahamad +2 more
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Micro‐credit for microenterprises?
Gender in Management: An International Journal, 2010PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that constrain women petty traders' access to microcredit, and the innovative measures they have initiated in order to counter these constraints.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on in‐depth interviews with women micro‐entrepreneurs drawn from a convenience sample of 20 petty ...
Nnamdi O. Madichie, Anayo D. Nkamnebe
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USAID microenterprise stocktaking evaluation
Enterprise Development & Microfinance, 1990A recent stocktaking exercise has been examining the performance of the microenterprise assistance programmes funded by USAID. The programmes can be divided into three categories: enterprise formation, enterprise expansion and enterprise transformation.
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Partnership financing of microenterprises
International Journal of Social Economics, 1997Reviews the progress of the institutions relating to financing of the microenterprises. Proposes a participatory financing scheme as an alternative to the interest‐based lending scheme. Highlights the theoretical framework of the scheme and examines its practical performance.
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2001
In 2000, the fourth year of the IDB's five-year Microenterprise Development Strategy (1997-2001), the Bank supported a range of efforts to help increase the incomes and productivity of urban and rural microentreprenuers in 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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In 2000, the fourth year of the IDB's five-year Microenterprise Development Strategy (1997-2001), the Bank supported a range of efforts to help increase the incomes and productivity of urban and rural microentreprenuers in 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
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Financial analysis for microenterprises
Enterprise Development & Microfinance, 1992Many microentrepreneurs lack basic numeracy skills and are also too poor to afford professional financial and accounting assistance. This article describes the simplest procedures to keep track of the business cash flow, including the 'two-box' system and the use of representative icons in cash-flow statements.
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Start-up microenterprise financing and financial performance of microfinance institutions
, 2021Michael Adusei, N. Adeleye
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