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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Poverty Reduction in Africa - Head Work
by Author(s): Aminu Mamman, Abdul M. Kanu, Ameen Alharbi, Nabil Baydoun
Description
The key features of the book are:
• a focus on changing the mind-set of SMEs operators, policy makers, trainers and would-be entrepreneurs;
• contextualising the role of SMEs in poverty reduction by emphasizing the relevance of the African worldview, belief systems and spirituality during policy making, policy implementation and training of SMEs operators and would-be entrepreneurs;
• theoretical explanations to why good intentions in policy formulation and implementation do not deliver expected outcomes in terms of the SMEs sector’s contribution to poverty reduction;
• practical guidelines on how SMEs can develop a poverty-related mission statement, business strategy and business plan within the context of poverty reduction;
• personal development guidelines for SMEs operators and prospective entrepreneurs on how to develop poverty-related personal mission statements and strategies;
• the introduction of spiritual poverty and system thinking as the foundation for policy formulation and poverty reduction interventions in Africa.
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