THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE ON GROWTH OF WOMEN’SENTREPRENEURS
Keywords:
Woman Empowerment,, Social factors,, Harassment,, Demographic factors.Abstract
The study highlights the factors that are influencing on the growth of women
entrepreneurs in Pakistan. Women entrepreneurship is considered the important
segment of the economy. In this study, factors such as economic, social, cultural,
legal and administrative factors are investigated. This research is based on
quantitative data and collected through structure questionnaires from 100 female
entrepreneurs who have borrowed finance from different financial institutions, our
targeted population is Gujranwala. Different welfare societies and concerned MFIs
will be helpful in this regard. Investigated time of this research is from 2008-2023.
The objective of this study is to assess the various factors, which are affecting the
progress of microfinance women entrepreneurs in Pakistan. According to the
results, females in Gujranwala are experiencing non-growth level, some are at
stagnant level and a few small enterprises are at high growth level while majority
of females are experiencing low growth level in their businesses. This study
suggested there is a positive impact of microfinance factors on women
entrepreneurial performance.
