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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Concludes that in view of the vast numbers involved, technical assistance for operating microenterprises is of limited value. Advocates training of government officials to avoid harassment of microentrepreneurs. Access to credit, help in starting microenterprises, technical skills training within existing microenterprises and links to informal networks and other support are identified as real needs of microentrepreneurs.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Concludes that in view of the vast numbers involved, technical assistance for operating microenterprises is of limited value. Advocates training of government officials to avoid harassment of microentrepreneurs. Access to credit, help in starting microenterprises, technical skills training within existing microenterprises and links to informal networks and other support are identified as real needs of microentrepreneurs.
Author: Congressional Research Congressional Research Service Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781539459859 Category : Languages : en Pages : 44
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This report examines the historical development of federal small business management and technical assistance training programs; describes their current structures, operations, and budgets; and assesses their administration and oversight and the measures used to determine their effectiveness. It also discusses legislation considered during the 114th Congress to improve program performance and oversight, including * P.L. 114-88, the Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015 (RISE After Disaster Act of 2015), which, among other things, authorizes the SBA to provide up to two years of additional funding to its resource partners to assist small businesses located in a presidentially declared major disaster area and authorizes SBDCs to provide assistance outside the SBDC's state, without regard to geographical proximity to the SBDC, if the small business is in a presidentially declared major disaster area. This assistance can be provided "for a period of not more than two years after the date on which the President" has declared the area a major disaster. * H.R. 207, the Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2016, which, as ordered to be reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 23, 2016, includes the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2016, the Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2016, and the SCORE for Small Business Act of 2016. The bill would require the SBA to only use authorized entrepreneurial development programs (SCORE, WBCs, SBDCs, etc.) "to deliver entrepreneurial development services, entrepreneurial education, business incubation services, growth acceleration services, support for the development and maintenance of clusters, or business training"; add data collection and reporting requirements for SBDCs; authorize to be appropriated $21.75 million for WBCs for each of FY2017-FY2020 (WBCs were appropriated $17 million in FY2016); increase the WBC annual grant award from not more than $150,000 to not more than $185,000 (adjusted annually to reflect change in inflation); authorize the award of an additional $65,000 to WBCs under specified circumstances; authorize the SBA to waive, in whole or in part, the WBC nonfederal matching requirement for up to two consecutive fiscal years under specified circumstances; modify SCORE program requirements with respect to the role of participating volunteers, program plans and goals, and reporting; authorize to be appropriated $10.5 million for SCORE in each of FY2017 and FY2018; and add language concerning the provision and reporting of online counseling by SCORE. * H.R. 2670 the Microloan Modernization Act of 2015, and its Senate companion bill (S. 1857), which would, among other provisions, require the SBA administrator to establish a rule enabling intermediaries to apply for a waiver to the requirement that no more than 25% of Microloan technical assistance grant funds may be used to provide technical assistance to prospective borrowers. This report also discusses legislation introduced in the Senate concerning SBDCs (S. 999, the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2015), WBCs (S. 2126, the Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015), and SCORE (S. 1000, the SCORE for Small Business Act of 2015).
Author: Nancy Jurik Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501731378 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 271
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Declines in real wages, increases in the number of poor families, and cutbacks to welfare and other safety-net programs have stimulated the popularity of microenterprise development programs (MDPs). These programs typically offer training and loans to individuals seeking to operate very small businesses. MDPs are often presented as a path to the self-sufficiency that comes with entrepreneurship and as an example of the success of market-based alternatives to government programs. In Bootstrap Dreams, Nancy C. Jurik analyzes the origins and maturation of these programs in the United States. Based on a national sample of fifty programs and an eight-year case study of one in particular, this is a rare book about microenterprise development. Jurik understands the positive social mission of MDPs, but she is not blind to the problems that they encounter. Jurik's clear perception of potential difficulties and her keen ability to place the microenterprise movement in the larger context of welfare reform and globalization make Bootstrap Dreams a valuable book.
Author: Association for Enterprise Opportunity Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 108
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Comprises six papers which explore microenterprise development (MED) programmes in the USA. Identifies the types of organizations providing MED services, describes the services available and evaluates their impact. Examines the case for public funding of MED, investigates performance measures for microenterprises and examines the relationships between MED programmes and the agencies that support them. Looks at the quality of self-employment jobs in the USA.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade Publisher: ISBN: Category : Economic assistance, American Languages : en Pages : 164
Author: Maryke Dessing Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 9780821315538 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 88
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Microenterprises play an important role in sub Saharan Africa. They account for a sizeable portion of the economy, by providing employment and a means of livelihood for much of the nonagricultural population. This paper is the result of a survey of the literature and extensive discussions with practicioners and its primary focus is a direct approach in support of microenterprises. Perhaps the simplest objective to pursue is access to credit. The main lesson from experimentation in this field is that the poor are bankable and and can be served relatively inexpensively, provided nontraditional lending methods are utilized (e.g. group lending). Technical assistance and support services can also be provided to help first-time entrepreneurs set up their own businesses, to assist microenterprises in their daily business, or to help them graduate to a larger size. The task of assisting microenterprises requires small, flexible, and responsive organizations, with sufficient autonomy to make ad hoc decisions, yet with adequate coordination at the national level. Such organizations include PVOs, NGOs, cooperatives, banks, business associations, churches and women's groups. The report recommends that capacity building be incorporated as a specific objective of microenterprise support programs and should be budgeted for. Shifting the focus of assistance from beneficiaries to support institutions is an effective way of reaching the most marginal groups.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services Publisher: ISBN: Category : Community development Languages : en Pages : 16
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Author: James J. Boomgard
Author: Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
Author: Nancy Jurik
Author: Association for Enterprise Opportunity
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Author: Maryke Dessing
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services