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Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance Vol. 5(1), pp. 1 - 8
DOI: 10.13189/ujaf.2017.050101
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Role of Equb in Financing Micro and Small Business Enterprises in Konso
Addisu Karafo *
Lecturer at Dilla University College of Business and Economics, Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to assess the role of Equb in Micro and Small Business Enterprises finance in Konso. For this purpose, data was collected through questionnaire from Equb members as well as interviewing with Equb organizers and non Equb MSE owners. The respondents were selected using both proportionate stratified and random sampling techniques. Besides, the collected data were analyzed using descriptive narrations through concurrent triangulation strategy. The result revealed that, People joined Equb to dig up large amount of money, save and even get loans at the lowest interest. Banks/Micro Finance Institutions fail to cater for the saving and credit needs of poor and small business holders, mainly due to their lending terms and conditions of creating financial gap which informal financial institutions try to fill. In Konso, Equb dominates other sources in the finance establishment of Micro and Small Enterprises, expansion and their working capital finance, followed by personal saving, families and relatives.
KEYWORDS
RoSCA (Equb), MSE, Informal, Formal
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Addisu Karafo , "Role of Equb in Financing Micro and Small Business Enterprises in Konso," Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1 - 8, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/ujaf.2017.050101.
(b). APA Format:
Addisu Karafo (2017). Role of Equb in Financing Micro and Small Business Enterprises in Konso. Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance, 5(1), 1 - 8. DOI: 10.13189/ujaf.2017.050101.