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

Informal TVET: Includes all kinds of training and learning that is not structured and
following a formal curriculum or syllabus. Informal TVET, for example, includes on-the-
job training, self-learning, learning-by doing, etc. (Amhara TVET Strategy Draft, 2006).
Joint ownership: association of two or more individuals who act as a co owner (Hisrich,
2005).
Micro Enterprise means commercial enterprise whose capital is not exceeding birr
20,000 other than technological and consultancy services (Ethiopia Ministry of Trade and
Industry, 2003).
Micro finance: refers to the provision of financial services to low-income clients,
including consumers and the self-employed (Ethiopia Ministry of Trade and Industry,
2003).
Non-formal TVET: includes all structured short- and long-term TVET programmes
(run by different public or private providers, comprising different modes of delivery and
durations of training) that are not registered as formal TVET by the Ministry of
Education, e.g. TVET in Community Skills Training Centers, TVET programmes by
NGOs, employer-based TVET, short-courses in commercial TVET schools, etc. (Amhara
TVET strategy draft, 2006).
Performance: overall activities and operations performed by women entrepreneurs in
MSEs in strengthening their enterprises.
Small Enterprise means a business engaged in commercial activities whose capital is
exceeding birr 20,000 and not exceeding 50,000 birr, other than high technological and
consultancy service institutions ((Ethiopia Minstry of Trade and Industry, 2003).
Supports: training, machinery, financial, raw material and facility assistances that
TVETs provide to MSEs.
Women entrepreneurs: women in MSEs running their own business rather than
employed in any organization.
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