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The Contribution of Micro-enterprises to Economic Recovery and Poverty Alleviation in East Asia

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The economic and social crisis that afflicted East Asia from mid 1997 produced the biggest setback to poverty reduction in the region for several decades, as well as aggravating social vulnerabilities. There were many dimensions to this, including: falling incomes; rising absolute poverty and malnutrition; declining public services; threats to educational and health status; increased pressure on women and children; and increased crime and violence. The objective of this paper is to analyse the potential contribution of one subset of small and medium sized enterprises, micro-enterprises and the role of micro-finance more generally, to regional economic recovery and poverty alleviation.

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  • Harvie, Charles, 2003. "The Contribution of Micro-enterprises to Economic Recovery and Poverty Alleviation in East Asia," Economics Working Papers wp03-07, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
    • Handle: RePEc:uow:depec1:wp03-07
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    1. Nakisani Carol, Chicho- Matenge & Henry Ongori, 2013. "An Assessment of Challenges faced by Microenterprises in Botswana: A case of Street Food Vendors in Gaborone," International Journal of Learning and Development, Macrothink Institute, vol. 3(5), pages 56-73, October.
    2. Md. Mahmudul Alam & Rafiqul Islam Molla & Mohammad Muntasir Hossain, 2010. "Microentrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh: Achievements and Shortcomings," Post-Print hal-01588658, HAL.
    3. Alam, Md. Mahmudul, 2017. "Microentrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh," SocArXiv fgryh, Center for Open Science.

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    micro-enterprises; micro-finance; economic recovery; poverty alleviation; East Asia;
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