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Download or read book The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses written by Pat Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides a synthesis of the findings from the Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa-- a Study on Women's Enterprise Development (the WED Study), which was carried out in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia through 2002. This was an action research project and funded as part of Ireland Aid's Partnership Programme with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its InFocus Programme on Boosting Employment through Small Enterprises Development (IFP/ SEED). The study was directed by Gerry Finnegan from the Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender in Enterprise (WEDGE) Team within SEED and undertaken by a partnership of three nationally-based research groups-- Julé Development Associates International (JUDAI) Consultants in Zambia, Zewde and Associates PLC in Ethiopia and the University of Dar Es Salaam's Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) in Tanzania together with two international consultants Dr. Pat Richardson and Rhona Howarth from the UK"--P. ix.