MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SMALL & MICRO-ENTERPRISES (SMES) ACASE STUDY OF (UWMFO) MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTION BY HENRY EGYEYU DEDICATION To the memory of my grand father Daniel Egeyu Whose love & enthusiasm for academia first kindled mine? ABSTRACT This research study investigates the impact of microfinance institutions on entrepreneurial development of Small & Micro-enterprises (SMEs) that are
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INTRODUCTION 1. The Tanzania Development Vision foresees that by the year 2025, “Tanzania should have created a strong, diversified, resilient and competitive economy, which can effectively cope with the challenges of development and, which can also easily and confidently adapt to the changing market and technological conditions in the regional and global economy”. The challenge is therefore to mobilise human and other resources towards that goal. 2. Economic Reform Programmes implemented
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Development Franchising as a Social Innovation: When Entrepreneurial Expertise is Lacking Isaac H. Smith David Eccles School of Business University of Utah Kristie K. Seawright Marriott School of Management Brigham Young University Contact: Isaac H. Smith; isaac.smith@business.utah.edu; (T) 801-518-2991; 1645 East Campus Center Drive, 22 KDGB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Promoting entrepreneurship in “developing” nations has become a popular strategy for alleviating poverty and stimulating
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Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2 (2): 95-103 © Scholarlink Research Institute Journals, 2011 (ISSN: 2141-7024) jetems.scholarlinkresearch.org Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2(2):95-103(ISSN:2141-7024) Journal of Emerging Trends in An Investigation of Personality on Entrepreneurial Success Owoseni Omosolape Olakitan and Akanbi Paul Ayobami Department of Business Administration. Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State Corresponding Author:
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young people as a “Lost Generation”, we need to act quickly. One important active labor market strategy to solve the youth unemployment crisis is entrepreneurship, helping them turn into job creators rather than job seekers. Entrepreneurship has received significant attention over the past decade with a rapid and often uncoordinated increase in entrepreneurship support programs. These constitute a major part of entrepreneurial ecosystems. In order to build effective entrepreneurial ecosystems, we need
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Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian island city. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Though physically small, Singapore is an economic giant. Singapore has been Southeast Asia's most modern city for over a century. Singapore has a highly developed and successful free-market economy. Since independence, Singapore is the world's fourth leading financial centre, and its port is one
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The Differences between Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses; Strategies to create a Strong Entrepreneurs Shakarra Warner Principles of Management 27 January 2015 The Differences between Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses; Strategies to create a Strong Entrepreneurs In the modern world, people do not always rely on the traditional aspect of working for someone or a company. Many individuals want more control and power over their lives and money. With inspiration from a hobby or skill,
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------------------------------------------------- Choosing an Entrepreneurial Career I’ve heard a lot of great business ideas lately — and more than a few people announcing that now is the right time to go into business for you. I think that there’s a lot to be said for becoming an entrepreneur during a down economy like Bangladesh; — though the risks are high. Building career as an entrepreneur is not an easy task to achieve the target. Although we know that “No risk, No gain”; to become an
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understanding of the interface between economic growth and economic development and offer recommendations of what a country like Zambia needs to do in order to achieve them. Firstly this essay will define terms such as development, economic growth as well as economic development. It will then proceed with a brief discussion of the various measures of development, and show why the human development index, has in recent years become a widely accepted measure of development. This essay will then highlight
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Background to entrepreneurship Definition and interpretation The term enterpreneurship emerges from the french (literally between take or go between )and traceable to the eighteen century economiist Richard Cantillon ,Anne-Robert –jacques Turgot and Francios Quesnay ,The term was also denoted to an actor in charge of large –scale construction Project as cathedral, bearing no risk but simply carrying the task forward untill resoures were Exhausted ,the change in the
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