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Development of Micro Enterprises: Issues & Recommendations. at 2011 Global Summit of Women Growing Microenterprises into the Mainstream Economy Istanbul, Turkey: May 7, 2011. Presented by : Gyan Prakash Agarwal , Secretary General
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Development of Micro Enterprises: Issues & Recommendations at 2011 Global Summit of Women Growing Microenterprises into the Mainstream Economy Istanbul, Turkey: May 7, 2011 Presented by : GyanPrakashAgarwal, Secretary General World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)
Contents • Introduction • Role & Significance of Micro Enterprises (MEs) • Characteristics of MEs • Factors contributing to the growth of MEs • Development of MEs: Benefits • Major Constraints hindering MEs’ access to Productive Resources • Development of MEs: Recommendations
Introduction • Non-crop production economic activities • Whole range of productive activities including trading, services, and manufacturing • Defined by using different criteria: size of employment, level of income or asset size • Proliferation of MEs: (i) Gaps between the services available and needs of low income households; and (ii) Lack of formal and sustainable employment opportunities • Livelihood Enterprises and Growth-oriented Enterprises • Majority of MEs operating in informal sector
Role & Significance of MEs • Comprise bulk of all enterprises • Contribute a significant share of employment and value-added to the economy • Help ensure a more equitable distribution of income • Dispense economic activities to the countryside • Poverty reduction and empowerment of women • A potent force in the war against poverty
Characteristics of MEs • Independent and largely family owned • Very limited geographic markets • Many MEs activities are seasonal • Most operate at their place of residence • Require very little productive resources – skill, labour, capital, equipment, assets • Employ low levels of skills and technology • Easy to engage in and exit from
Factors contributing to the growth of MEs • Financing • Markets • Places of doing business • Equipment and other physical assets • Technology • Appropriate market information • Skills • Linkage to formal sector
Development of MEs: Benefits • Poverty reduction • Additional employment opportunities • Increase in collection of taxes • Increase in contributions to GDP • Enhancement in socio-economic status of poor • Inclusive growth of nation • Achieving Millennium Development Goals
Major Constraints hindering MEs’Access to Productive Resources • Lack of conducive policy environment • Lack of access to institutional credit • Lack of infrastructure • Imperfect market information • Lack of opportunities for skills development • Weak presence and reach of support institutions
Development of MEs: Recommendations • Favourable policy environment • Overcome institutional obstacles to implementing effective MEs development programmes • Development Impact Objectives:Based on the distinction between Livelihood & growth-oriented micro enterprises • Priority Thrusts: New enterprises promotion, enterprise expansion and enterprise transformation • Critical Productive Resources: Access of MEs’ to critical productive resources such as financing, markets, premises and places for doing business, equipment and other physical assets, technology, skills, market information, business development services