摘要：Small enterprises are a characteristic feature of the production landscape of Ghana. They provide employment and incomes to a large portion of the urban labour force and are a significant source of total output. Steel and Webster (1991) have noted that the small-enterprise sector provides about 85% of manufacturing employment, the majority which is in microenterprises. The potential for the future development of small enterprises may be seen both in terms of the development of the sector itself, as well as in its contribution to national growth and development. It has strong links to most sectors of the national economy. Aryee's (1977) study on the interrelationships between formal and informal sectors in Kumasi prompted Andrae (1981) to conclude that "the structure of informal industry …. may indeed be more conducive to self-centred structural development of the economy; its domestic input base and slightly higher linkage to other sectors would indicate this" [p.50]. Small enterprises are recognised to have the potential to lead the economy to self-sufficiency and self-reliance.
