Browsing by Author "Ibrahim, Sabir. M."

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    Assessing the impact of micro-lending programmes in the informal sector in Cape Town. A case study, The Nations Trust Organization
    (University of the Western Cape, 2003) Ibrahim, Sabir. M.; Le Roux, Pieter; Rose, Margarita M.
    The promotion of widespread entrepreneurship through the setting up of small and medium sized enterprises (SMMEs ) is crucial for the transformation to a market economy and the democratisation of society in \the new South Africa. SMMEs are recognized as an engine of economic \ \growth and a source of sustainable development. Within this sector micro , 1nd small enterprises are of special importance because they are considered as the cradle of entrepreneurship, particularly in environments facing high ketllPIQYII'1:en!and poverty,. as j!) the case ~~.South Africg,