IOSR-JEF   Volume-9 ~ Issue-2 ~ March-April 2018

Abstract: As the major part of enterprises in China, small enterprises have made great contributions to the economic development and the improvement of people's livelihood of China. However, inconsistent with their economic status, small enterprises are very weak in financing. Owing to the defects of small enterprises and the effect of market economic rules, both economic approaches and public policies are required to improve the financing of small enterprises. Not only Chinese small enterprises but also small enterprises from other countries are facing the financing problem in the economic development. But compared with some developed countries, China's public policies set to promote the financing of small enterprises need to be further improved. This paper mainly focuses small enterprises and the public policies set to enhance the financing of small enterprises. Then it will study how to use the public policies to promote the financing of small enterprises.

Keywards: small enterprises, financing, public policies.

Abstract: The rational for undertaking this study is to expound on the fact that public and self-employed people who earn income may not be out of poverty. To demonstrate this notion, a truncated poverty distribution analysis is explored in this study. Basically the study targeted both public and self-employed individuals within the study area to examine the existence of poverty among them. The method of data collection employed in this analysis involves the use of questionnaire to elicit information from subjects drawn from Etsako people of Edo State in Nigeria. A lucid analysis was carried out by using truncated distributions techniques such as: Box plot, Histogram, Normal plots and Quartiles plot to examine the level of poverty among public and self-employed individuals within the study area. The analysis..........

Keywards: Domain constraints, Income earners, Poverty line, Etsako People, Truncation.

Abstract: Approximately 36% of Kenya's population are youths who remain marginalized and unable to contribute to their full potential in national development. Whereas numerous studies have been conducted on youth issues, a review of literature reveals a gap of information on how Youth Self Help Group initiatives transform the youths' socio-economic wellbeing. This study sought to assess the contribution of youth self help group initiatives to socio-economic wellbeing of youth in Dandora, Nairobi County, Kenya. Objective of this study was to examine whether initiatives undertaken by youth in registered YSHGs in Dandora contribute to their socio-economic wellbeing. The study used the cross-sectional survey research design. The target population was all the 16 registered.........

Keywards: Youth, Self Help Group, Social-economic, Wellbeing, Dandora