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TIJ's Research Journal of Social Science & Management - RJSSM, 2017
Despite the creation and establishment of different external sources of fund for the development ... more Despite the creation and establishment of different external sources of fund for the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, finance still remain the major problem due to accessibility challenges. This limiting the contribution of the SME subsector to the economic development. Some of the existing studies showed the effect of financial constraints on SMEs development, while some revealed the contribution of the various financing schemes to SMEs development using secondary data but not much on SMEs accessibility to funds in Nigeria. Hence, the study investigated the influence of the socio-economic and financial factors of the SME operators in accessing intervention fund. The study made use of primary data sourced with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire administered purposively on 400 SMEs Operators in the study area. The data were analyzed using logit regression model and descriptive statistics. Logit-regression result revealed significant relatio...
TIJ's Research Journal of Social Science & Management - RJSSM, 2017
Despite the creation and establishment of different external sources of fund for the development ... more Despite the creation and establishment of different external sources of fund for the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, finance still remain the major problem due to accessibility challenges. This limiting the contribution of the SME subsector to the economic development. Some of the existing studies showed the effect of financial constraints on SMEs development, while some revealed the contribution of the various financing schemes to SMEs development using secondary data but not much on SMEs accessibility to funds in Nigeria. Hence, the study investigated the influence of the socio-economic and financial factors of the SME operators in accessing intervention fund. The study made use of primary data sourced with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire administered purposively on 400 SMEs Operators in the study area. The data were analyzed using logit regression model and descriptive statistics. Logit-regression result revealed significant relatio...