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dc.contributor.authorRoy, Marc André*
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, David*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:57:34Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:57:34Zen
dc.date.issued2006-08-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520600792432en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130789en
dc.descriptionThis article identifies some key factors shaping the micro-enterprise sector in urban French West Africa. Drawing on interviews with micro-entrepreneurs and micro-finance practitioners in Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo, the study explores the needs, characteristics, motivations, and success factors for micro-entrepreneurship in the region, together with some of the impediments to the growth and success of micro-enterprise ventures. It was found that those operating micro-enterprises in the informal economy are entrepreneurs principally by necessity, and that their most basic needs tend to drive their business activities and behaviours. It was also observed that their success was constrained by a number of barriers, including poor access to capital, poor training, and general aversion to risk. As a result, the development of the micro-enterprise sector in urban French West Africa has been sub-optimal, and the authors conclude that this situation may persist unless broader economic and social barriers are addressed.en
dc.format.extent13en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/a-survey-of-micro-enterprise-in-urban-west-africa-drivers-shaping-the-sector-130789
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectPrivate sector
dc.titleA survey of micro-enterprise in urban West Africa: drivers shaping the sectoren
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryBeninen
oxfam.subject.countryBurkina Fasoen
oxfam.subject.countryTogoen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordFinance
oxfam.subject.keywordMicrofinance
prism.number5en
prism.volume16en
dc.year.issuedate2006en
dc.year.issuedate2006en


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