Micro-Enterprise Training (MET) Program
An Innovative Response to Welfare Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6077146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mahasweta M Banerjee (University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 87-106 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j125v09n04_05 |
| OpenAlex | W1668587217 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this paper, I present a case study of a Micro-Enterprise Training program (MET) that was designed especially for people trying to leave welfare, and to do so by starting their own very small businesses earning at least $7 per hour. Before presenting the case study, I briefly review the literature on welfare reform, wage employment, and micro-enterprise development. Then I discuss the MET program-an innovative response to welfare reform-in its details, capturing the “voices” of the major stakeholders. Finally, I share the barriers and the successes faced by the program as well as the lessons learned, that allow identification of best practices at individual micro-entrepreneur and program levels for running successful micro-enterprise programs. I intend for this paper to teach social work practitioners and students more about micro-enterprise development as a strategy for economic advancement, and encourage more social work involvement in micro-enterprise development programs
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Identification (biology · Labour economics · Micro-enterprise · Political science · Public relations · Social enterprise · Training (meteorology · Wage · Welfare · Work (physics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Marketing
Spirituality
Children's Schooling
Women, Poverty, and the Microenterprise
Women’s Experiences of Micro-Enterprise
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Voicing Realities and Recommending Reform in PRWORA
Entrepreneurship as a community practice strategy
Benefits and challenges of micro-enterprise participation
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |