Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises with a Special Reference to Female Entrepreneurs in North Gondar, Ethiopia

Abstract

Introduction of micro and small enterprises in the economy of a developing country was with the aim o f creation of employment opportunities and reduction of the level of poverty. This study was examined the performance of female owned micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. For this objective, data were sampled using survey questionnaire from the population of 14,571 MSEs operating in the Zone using two stages of sampling purposive and simple random.