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    Assesment of the effectiveness of micro and small enterpesses contribution to poverty alleviation in Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Salum, Adam
    This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of MSEs Contribution to poverty alleviation in Morogoro Municipality. Specifically the research was undertaken to identify factors that influences the growth of SMEs business sector of indigenous in Morogoro Municipal, to determine the constraints that face MSEs in overcoming poverty and to assess the contribution of MSEs in poverty alleviation among the indigenous people. The survey was conducted on a sample of 60 respondents constituted furniture manufactures located in Morogoro Municipal. Both simple random sampling and purposive sampling methods were used whereby purposive sampling had been applied in the selection of the case study while simple random sampling was used in selection of respondents in Morogoro Municipal. A structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview was used to collect primary data. Secondary data were collected from Ministry reports such as Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, websites and profiles. Data from questionnaires were analysed statistically using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) where frequencies and percentage were used for analysis. The study observed that SMEs are very important in alleviating poverty to the households as they plays a great role in contributing food, shelter and clothing to the family members. The study recommends that SMEs owners need to seek first an adequate knowledge of business before engaging into doing any kind of business idea they have. This will make SMEs successful, grow and sustainable in poverty alleviation