Contribution of small and medium enterprise to the economic development of Rwanda

• DECLARATION
  
• DEDICATION
  
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  
• LIST OF TABLES
  
• LIST OF FIGURES
  
• LIST OF APPENDICES
  
• CHAPTER I
  
  • 1.0. Introduction
    
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  • 1.1. Background
    
    • 1.2. Problem statement
      
  • 1.3. Research questions
    
  • 1.4. Study objectives
    
  • 1.4.1. General objectives
    
  • 1.4.2. Specific objectives
    
  • 1.5. The research hypotheses
    
  • An overview of research methods of the study
    
  • 1.6. Identification of study
    
  • 1.7. Significance of the study
    
  • 1.8. Scope of the study
    
  • 1.9. Organization of the study
    
• CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION
  
  • 2.1. Introduction
    
  • 2.2. Literature search
    
  • 2.3. Descriptions and understanding of terms
    
  • 2.3.1. An assessment
    
  • 2.3.2. Meaning of SMEs and Economic development
    
    • Ø The definition of SMEs
      
  • 2.3.3. Economic development 
    
  • 2.3.5. Growth and development
    
  • 2.3.6. Regional policies of economic development
    
  • 2.4. General overview of Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
    
  • 2.5. Popular types of small and medium enterprises
    
  • 2.6. Factors needed for development of small and medium enterprises
    
  • 2.6.1. Ten good things ISO standards can do for small and medium enterprises
    
  • 2.6.2. Principles of good regulation for Small and Medium Enterprises
    
  • 2.7. The importance roles of SMEs in the economy
    
  • 2.8. Is it any correlation between Small and medium enterprises, business environment and
    
  • 2.9. Limitations of Small and Medium enterprises in Rwanda
    
  • 2.10. Preferred policy objectives for promoting SMEs in Rwanda
    
  • 2.10.2. Policy objective 3: Put in place mechanisms for SMEs to access appropriate business financing
    
  • 2.10.3 Policy objective 4: Simplify the fiscal and regulatory framework for SMEs growth
    
  • 2.10.4 Policy objective 5: Develop an appropriate institutional framework for SMEs development
    
  • 2.11 General failure causes of the Small and medium enterprises and how to avoid them in the world?
    
  • 2.12. Failure causes of small and medium enterprises in Rwanda
    
• CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  
  • 3.1. Introduction
    
  • 3.2. Research design
    
  • 3.3. Source of data collections
    
  • 3.3.1. Primary data
    
  • 3.3.2. Secondary data
    
  • 3.4. The study approach
    
  • The study was conducted in private organizations namely Huye water enterprise, this case study has been selected just it is effective to the research as he resides in the same geographical area with selected organization, so this save transport charges and time costs.
    
  • 3.5. Description of the study population
    
  • 3.5.1. Sample size and selection technique
    
  • 3.6. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES
    
  • 3.6.1. Interview technique
    
  • 3.6.2. Questionnaires.
    
  • 3.6.2.1. closed-ended questions
    
  • 3.6.2.2. Open-ended questions
    
  • 3.7.2. Coding
    
  • 3.7.3. Tabulation
    
• CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
  
  • 4.1. Introduction
    
  • 4.2. Background of Small and medium enterprises to the economic development
    
    • 4.2.1. The development of SMEs and their potential contribution to the world economy
      
  • 4.2.2. Overview of the contribution of SMEs to the economic development of Rwanda
    
  • 4.3. CASE STUDY: HUYE WATER ENTERPRISE
    
  • 4.3.1. Presentation of Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.3.2. The Profile of Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.3.3 .HUYE water enterprise location
    
  • 4.3.4. Mission of HUYE water enterprise
    
  • 4.4. HUYE water enterprise's objectives
    
  • 4. 5.The environment of Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.6. Juridical statute of Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.8. DATA ANALYSIS
    
  • 4.8.3. Basic activities of Huye Water enterprise
    
  • 4.8.3.1. Huye water enterprise plans
    
  • 4.9. Employment situation in Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.10. Investments level in Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.12 .Employees' annual income before and after working in Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.13. Respondents opinions about their categories according Ubudehe survey (household's categories).
    
  • 4.14. Respondents views on the enterprise impact on welfare benefits
    
  • 4.15. Respondents views on advantages derived from joining in Huye water enterprise
    
  • 4.17. GENERALIZATION OF THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
    
  • 4.18. Area for further research
    
• CHAPTER V : SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  
  • 5.1. Summary
    
  • 5.2. Conclusion
    
  • 5.3. Recommendations
    
  • 5.3.1. For Government
    
  • 5.3.2. For the Owner of enterprises
    
• REFERENCES
  
• APPENDISES