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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given to women entrepreneurs in order to support them. This is strengthened by the mean<br />
(1.82) and standard deviations (0.98) calculated in the table above.<br />
As one stakeholder in strengthening women entrepreneurs in MSEs, TVETs are also<br />
expected to support in finance, technology, raw materials and facilities. Table 17 above<br />
shows that, the respondent entrepreneurs do not agree with the provision of financial and<br />
raw material supports given through TVETs. The means (1.84) and (1.79) and standard<br />
deviations (1.37) and (1.49) clearly depict that supporting women entrepreneurs in MSEs<br />
financially and raw material wise is not common. Nevertheless, the respondent women<br />
entrepreneurs agree with a mean (3.88) and (3.65) and standard deviation of (1.37) and<br />
(1.49) that technology and facility supports are given to them by TVETs.<br />
To conclude, the overall supports given to women entrepreneurs in MSEs through<br />
TVETs is below average as the grand mean (2.61) and grand standard deviations (0.23 )<br />
in the table show.<br />
4.1.6 Co operations among MSEs, TVETs and Micro Finances<br />
When MSEs come in to idea, it was targeted to use them as main tools in reducing<br />
poverty through the cooperative efforts of TVETS, micro finances and municipalities as<br />
the interview conducted with heads of MSEs, TVET leaders and micro finance managers<br />
indicate. It was designed that MSEs-to perform the recruitment and selection of<br />
entrepreneurs in MSEs; TVETs -to provide the necessary trainings to the selected<br />
entrepreneurs; micro finances- to give financial supports and municipalities -to make<br />
premises(land) available to them.<br />
In order to achieve these shared responsibilities, a common string committee that<br />
includes members from all (college dean, municipality mayor, MSEs Process owner and<br />
micro finance manager) was formed. As the interview results show, the committee has a<br />
regular meeting period; plan tasks together and follow up their achievement jointly.<br />
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