FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
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They also pointed out that since there have not been any organized policy and support<br />
systems that women entrepreneurs in MSEs have been confronted by the various<br />
problems which are of policy, structural and institutional in nature, lack of smooth supply<br />
of raw materials and working premises were the major bottlenecks for women<br />
entrepreneurs in MSEs. On the other hand negative attitude of the public to the<br />
importance of the sector due to cultural influence is another constraint to the development<br />
of MSEs, due to these reasons, training services to SMEs is fairly young and weak. Only<br />
insufficient formal counseling, information and training services are given and they are<br />
often given freely and are not demand driven and lack of knowhow on adequate skills &<br />
experience.<br />
A similar study by Walelign and Wondimu (2002) shows that women entrepreneurs in<br />
MSEs in Amhara region are constrained by lack of market; lack of finance /Capital/;<br />
problems related to government rules & regulations; lack of information and advice; lack<br />
of sufficient training; lack of Premises / working Place; shortage of the supply of raw<br />
materials; cultural influence and lack of infrastructure facilities.<br />
2.2 Women entrepreneurs in MSEs and TVET<br />
MSEs play a vital role in poverty reduction, employment generation as well as economic<br />
development in poor countries like Ethiopia. The Ethiopian micro & small enterprise<br />
sector has a wide range of operators: petty traders to small restaurant owners; a shoeshine<br />
boy to a small shoe factory owner; a peddler in the streets to a grocery business operator,<br />
etc. But to bring it to the modern arena, much is expected from TVET institutions in that<br />
they are the main suppliers of qualified labour force both male and women. In support of<br />
this, to bring effectiveness in the MSEs sector by integrating them with TVET<br />
Ratchusanti (2008) identified the following.<br />
• Strengthening Partnership with the private and government organizations<br />
Supporting TVET projects.<br />
• Existing the effective TVET Projects of fostering entrepreneurship or self-<br />
employment of TVET students and the people.<br />
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