Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …

, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not …

This paper attempts to provide alternative estimates of income distribution in South Africa, utilizing data that allow … we then combine to arrive at estimates of overall poverty from 1970 to 2000. However, data for the last few years of this … that these estimates are worst case estimates of poverty trends after 1995. An alternative, less pessimistic estimate is …

tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …

% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 40 – 60% of employment, through thecomplimentary ripple effects like poverty … citizens of thecountry. This however has not been the case for Africa.This study looks into the contributions of SMEs to … economic growth in Africa as measuredby selected economic variables i.e. entrepreneurial index of a country, per capita income …