Effects of Bank Credit Access on the Productivity of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises Evidence from Ethiopia

12 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2015

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Ajebush Shafi

Tshwane University of Technology - Business School

Ajay Garg

Tshwane University of Technology - Business School

Mammo Muchie

Tshwane University of Technology - Alma Du Toit Campus

Date Written: June 30, 2015

Abstract

The productivity of enterprises in low income countries like Ethiopia is insignificant and very low. This low productivity feature is even more common among Small and Medium Enterprises. This paper present the effects of access to bank credit on productivity of small and medium enterprises. The study makes use of the 2008/9 large and medium enterprises manufacturing survey data collected by the Central Statistical Authority (CSA) of Ethiopia and 2011 enterprises survey collected by World Bank respectively. The study is designed as a combination of descriptive and analytic research. Descriptive part of the study mainly rely on 2011 enterprises survey from World Bank while the analytic part is derived from 2008/9 Large and Medium Manufacturing Survey data in which a sample of 1294 enterprises are drawn from a list of over 2172 SMEs. The study identified the type and size of enterprises that is more likely responsive for access to bank credit and examined the link between SMEs productivity and use of bank credit. Above all, this paper opens the door for future research in this area.

Keywords: bank credit; enterprises; large and medium; productivity; SMEs

Suggested Citation

Shafi, Ajebush and Garg, Ajay and Muchie, Mammo, Effects of Bank Credit Access on the Productivity of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises Evidence from Ethiopia (June 30, 2015). OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 08, No. 06, pp. 11-22, 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2638702

Ajebush Shafi (Contact Author)

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Ajay Garg

Tshwane University of Technology - Business School ( email )

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Philip Nel Park
Pretoria, 0183
South Africa

Mammo Muchie

Tshwane University of Technology - Alma Du Toit Campus ( email )

Staatsartillerie Rd
Philip Nel Park
Pretoria, 0183
South Africa

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