FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...

addresses the training, machine, financial, raw material, technology and facility supports
that TVETs provide to these entrepreneurs so as to minimize the problems the women
entrepreneurs in MSEs face. Moreover, women entrepreneurs in 5 key sectors which are
considered as growth corridors now a-days and only the case of Dessie town women
entrepreneurs are considered given all other constraints
1.6 Limitations of the study
Even though different efforts have been made, the researcher faced some challenges
while doing this study. To begin with, the fact that the majority of the respondents’
educational background is low creates some negligence in filling the questionnaire. Some
do not give values to the questionnaire and some others do not return it totally. Besides
this, some others see the questionnaire politically even though orientations have been
made. Furthermore, since respondents have been in a tight work, some were not as such
willing to fill the questionnaires. Lastly, since the respondents were scattered in different
sites, some difficulties were faced in giving orientations, following up respondents and
collecting responses. Therefore, these conditions meight affect the quality of the paper to
some extents.
1.7 Definition of terms
Characteristics: key personal and organizational features of women entrepreneurs in
MSEs.
Cooperatives: association of at least 10 individuals who are from the same kebele
(Dessie MSEs office).
Factors: personal, organizational, economic, socio-cultural, legal/administrative
influences that affect women entrepreneurs overall activities and operations in MSEs.
Formal TVET: Currently, formal TVET in Ethiopia includes 10+1 to 10+3 programs,
which currently redesigned in to five levels (level I to V) provided by public and
private/government/non government institutions and finally accredited by the regional
Education bureau/TVET agency(Amhara TVET Strategy Draft,2006).
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