MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Small scale enterprises in Niger : survey results from Dosso and Maradi departments
This study of Niger"s small-scale enterprises (SSE"s), defined here as nonfarm enterprises with total employment under 50, was conducted in Fall 1989 in Dosso and Maradi departments, using a stratified sampling approach.
Fisseha, Yacob · 1990
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Abstract
The study provides a descriptive profile regarding the following issues (1) SSE subsectoral, industrial, and geographic distributions; (2) the importance of SSE income relative to that from agriculture and other sources; (3) the size, intensity, and pattern of SSE employment; (4) women"s share of SSE employment and ownership; (5) the modes of production and operations used by SSE"s. The report also provides a list of potential target SSE"s for possible future studies, and it includes some preliminary information relating to: the educational background of the entrepreneurs, the history of the SSE"s, changes with respect to the sectors within which SSE"s operate, and entrepreneurs" perceptions of problems and their access to technical, managerial, and financial assistance.
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