ENHANCING ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN SWAZILAND
Date
2011-11-22
Authors
BUKUTU, JOHN J. F.
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Abstract
It is increasingly being accepted that entrepreneurship support offers a new model
for poverty alleviation and the ensuring of job creation and economic growth.
There is also an observable causal relationship between entrepreneurship, the
support thereof, economic development and poverty alleviation. The impact of
entrepreneurship support and growth is and would be greater in developing
countries like Swaziland.
This study explores how entrepreneurship support initiatives can be enhanced in
Swaziland, during this momentous period for entrepreneurship in Swaziland.
Entrepreneurship support is an emerging concept in Swaziland, characterized by
the increasing emphasis on small and medium enterprises development by the
government. Entrepreneurship development programmes and initiatives can be an
effective tool to add to this policy direction of the government. However, unless
these programmes achieve their stated objectives of developing the Swazi
entrepreneur, there will be continued wasteful commitment of resources. This
report explores ways and means that can be applied to enhance entrepreneurship
development programmes and initiatives in Swaziland. This was done through a
qualitative research, which employs a case study approach.
The findings of this study are quite instructive. They reveal that there are factors
that are critical to the support for entrepreneurship. This is important, particularly
in the case of Swaziland, where entrepreneur support programmes are an
emerging concept. The findings also have implications for the theoretical
understanding of the relationship between successful entrepreneurship and
external support. Most of the literature reviewed during the study has quite a lot
on the internal characteristics of entrepreneurs and the success or failure of their
enterprises.
It is hoped that this study will contribute to the dialogue between the view that
entrepreneurial success is informed by the internal characteristics of the
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entrepreneur and that external nurturing and support leads to entrepreneurial
success.
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MM thesis - P&DM
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Entrepreneurship, Swaziland