Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises in Botswana: Their Characteristics, Sources of finance and Problem

Lisenda Lisenda
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Lisenda Lisenda: Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

No 14, Working Papers from Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

Abstract: The study analyses the characteristics of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Botswana highlighting the educational background of owners and exposure to business related training, geographic location of enterprises, premises of operation, age of enterprise, and size of enterprise by number of employees, sales and total investment and activity. Also considered are administration and financial sources of the enterprises. Record keeping is assessed by size of enterprise, gender of operator and source of finance of enterprise. Problems faced by SMEs are highlighted.

Keywords: Small-Scale businesses; Medium-Scale enterprises; Business financing; Botswana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1997-12
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