A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MICROFINANCE BETWEEN MALE OWNED & FEMALE OWNED ENTERPRISES

ABSTRACT

The study examined the impact of microfinance on female and male owned enterprises in Faridabad city. We predicted that male owned enterprises have higher growth potentials than female owned enterprises. To test empirically whether there is a difference on growth performance, 104 male and 121 female small enterprise owners were surveyed. The finding shows that the female owned enterprises demonstrated a slightly lower level of micro finance growth compared to enterprises owned by male. We can conclude that female owners’ have lower motivations for growth potential compared to male owners’. 

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