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

• Networking with all organization (Government, NGO, BDS-Providers,
• International Donors) related to MSE Development in order to coordinate the
respective activities.
2.3.4 Women entrepreneurs in MSEs in Amhara Region
According to Walelign and Wondimu (2002), women entrepreneurs in MSEs in ANRS
play a crucial role in the economic improvement, because they utilize relatively less
capital, it’s a home of entrepreneurship, can create substantial job opportunity, utilize
cheap and local raw materials, and produce goods and services. Which save hard
currency for the country in general and for our region in particular and the very important
point is that it is creating opportunities for the population to earn (generate) income,
which by itself create the way to reduce the poverty.
Comparing with large enterprises women entrepreneurs in MSE maintain a closer
relationship with its customers, employees, it’s based on lower overhead and have grater
flexibility, because their size allows them to adopt new processes, services, materials and
products.
Regional Small and Micro Enterprise Development Agency strategy draft as sited in
Walelign and Wondimu (2002) shows that encouragement and promotional activities of
women entrepreneurs in MSE in the region have been weak. Though the regional
government has formulated the MSE regional strategy and put in place institution to
implement the strategy, little is achieved so far. Women entrepreneurs MSEs are still
facing sever constraints in their activities and their promotion and development are,
therefore, hampered. These Micro and Small Enterprises are unable to address the
problems they faced on their own, even in and effectively functioning market economies.
The problems / constraints/ relate to each other, to the legal and regulatory environments,
access to market, finance, business information, business premises, the acquisition of
skills and managerial expertise, access to appropriate technology, access to infrastructure,
and in some cases discriminatory regulator practices..
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