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Business Constraints and Growth Potential of Micro and Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Uganda

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Esther K. Ishengoma () (Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Robert Kappel () (GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies)

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Ugandan micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) still perform poorly. The paper utilizes data collected in Uganda in March and April 2003 to analyze the business constraints faced by these MSEs. Using a stratified random sampling, a sample of 265 MSEs were interviewed. The study focuses on the 105 manufacturing firms that responded to all questions. It examines the extent to which the growth of MSEs is associated with business constraints, while also controlling for owners’ attributes and firms’ characteristics. The results reveal that MSEs’ growth potential is negatively affected by limited access to productive resources (finance and business services), by high taxes, and by lack of market access.

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Paper provided by GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in its series GIGA Working Paper Series with number 78.

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Date of creation: May 2008
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Keywords: small enterprises; informal sector; growth; manufacturing; Uganda; productivity; business services;

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D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior
E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
O12 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O14 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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