Evaluating the effectiveness of development initiatives on enterprise income, growth and assets in Peninsular Malaysia

Bibliographic Data

ID2434500
AuthorsWan Nurulasiah Binti Wan Mustapa (0000-0002-6194-3059, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan), Abdullah Al Mamun (0000-0003-0126-4756), Mohamed Dahlan Ibrahim (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan)
Year2019
Volume12
Issue1
Pages39-60
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomics & Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2071-789X • E-ISSN: 2306-3459
PublisherCentre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, Poland (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.14254/2071-789x.2019/12-1/2
OpenAlexW2939572916
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

Malaysian development organizations offer a diversity of initiatives to uplift the socio-economic conditions among low-income micro-entrepreneurs. This study examined the impact of two initiatives namely access to working capital and enterprise development training programs on Kelantanese micro-enterprise income, growth, and net-worth of assets By adopting a crosssectional design, data were collected by means of random selection across the participants' lists of three development organizations. A total of 450 micro-entrepreneurs from seven districts in the state of Kelantan responded. Multiple regression analyses are used to analyzed the data. The regression analysis shows that access to working capital and enterprise development training programs have positive impacts on the income, growth, and net worth of assets owned by Kelantanese micro-enterprises. This study extends the limited literature of micro-enterprise income, growth and asset net worth, and the role of working capital and enterprise development training programs, to provide new understandings on the effectiveness of contemporary development initiatives.

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion