An Appraisal Of Performance Of Small Scale Enterprises In Community Development: Evidence From Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Anambra State

This study examines an appraisal of the performance of small scale enterprises in community development; evidence from Anambra South senatorial zone, Anambra state. Specifically, the study provides the reasons for going into SMEs; sources of financing SMEs; role of SMEs in community development and factors militating against SMEs in community development. The researchers distributed 143 questionnaires to the respondents that make up the sample size. The research questions were answered using mean rating under the modified four-point likert scale.The result of the investigation reveals that SMEs play the following role in community development: Generation of employment; Service provision; Improve living standards and poverty alleviation. Consequently this study therefore recommends that: government should re-introduce the small business credit scheme so that beneficiaries can use them to run the micro, small and medium enterprises; government, chamber of commerce and other non-governmental organization should regularly organize seminars for potential and actual small and medium enterprise operators where they should be educated on how to plan, organize, direct and control their businesses there should also be a reintroduction of soft loans for small and medium business by the government and financial institution to enhance the performance of SMEs in community development.

CHAPTER: 

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER TWO: 

LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPTER THREE: 

METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER FOUR: 

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FIVE: 

SUMMARY ,CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION