The Role of Microenterprise Development in the United StatesBook describes the importance of microenterprise development to policy makers and practitioners. Part I: An Overview of the Microenterprise Development Field in the U.S.; Part II: Microenterprise in the US: Is there a Case for Public Support; Part III: Performance Measures for Microenterprise in the US; Part IV: Structuring and Sustaining Relationships that Support US Microenterprise Programs; Part V: What Ensures Success by Low-Income and Unemployed Entrepreneurs Using the Microenterprise Strategy in the US; Part VI: The Quality of Self-Employment Jobs in the US. |
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1999 Directory ACCION International AFDC African American agencies Aspen Institute assets average Benus business development business owners business starts capital Clark cost per business data sources demonstration DHHS disadvantaged earnings economic development organizations Edgcomb Enterprise Opportunity entrepreneurs estimate evaluation existing businesses factors federal focus Ford Foundation funders grams grants Hillary Clinton Human Services impact increase individuals Kays Labor loan funds MED programs ment microenterprise development microenterprise field microenterprise strategy microentrepreneurs Microloan MICROTEST million Mott Foundation ness NIA NIA NIA option outcomes percent performance measures potential poverty practitioners program design programs serve public support Raheim Refugee reported return on investment Robert Friedman SEID self-employed self-employment jobs SELP study Servon Small Business Administration Social and Economic target population technical assistance tion training and technical U.S. Department U.S. Microenterprise Programs USDOL study wage and salary wage/salary employment Washington welfare recipients women workers