Small Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Development: Empirical Evidence, Policy Evaluation and Best Practices

Enyinna Chuta

apr. 2012 · Amalion Publishing

Despre această carte electronică

The increasing numbers of college and university graduates from Africa’s tertiary institutions and the declining prospects for jobs in the public and private sector have reinforced the importance of creating avenues for self-employment. But job creation exposes a serious gap in education policies, for basic skills in entrepreneurship are not taught in most tertiary curricula across the continent.
This nineteen-chapter volume provides essential course text material for developing the field of entrepreneurship in tertiary institutions, thus addressing the issue of appropriate pedagogy critical for the emerging field of entrepreneurship development in higher education institutions in Africa. Drawing from Nigeria, West Africa and other parts of the developing world, the volume furnishes much needed empirical information to fashion out appropriate policies and projects within macroeconomic framework to nurture small and medium enterprises as a development tool.

Despre autor

Enyinna Chuta is a Professor of Economics and currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. He has a doctorate in economics from Michigan State University, USA. Enyinna Chuta has published several books, including Employment and Growth in Small-Scale Industry (St Martins Press and Macmillan Press, 1985) with Carl Liedholm; Critical Evaluation of Rural Industrialization Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries(International Labour Office, 1984), with S.V. Sethuraman; and Cottage Industries and Handicrafts: Some Guidelinesfor Employment Promotion, International Labour Office, 1982), with M. Allal.