The Characteristics of Women Entrepreneurs In The Informal Sector That Have Access to Credit The Case of Urban Kharoum

The objective of the study is to examine women micro
entrepreneurs in the informal sector in urban Khartoum that have
access to credit-their characteristics, performance and the
problems that face them with emphasis on credit as a constraining
factor.
The study falls in five chapters; chapter one an
introduction, hypothesis and research; methodology, chapter two
is a literature review; chapter three discusses the features of
the Sudanese economy and women contribution in different sectors
of the economy and the _factors that force women to enter the
informal sector. Chapter four presents the findings of the study
and analysis of these findings. Chapter five presents an over all
summary of the study and give the various recommended measures
to be adopted to promote the role of females in the informal
sector activities.
To test the research hypothesis, data was collected by a
survey for ninety four women that have access to credit from
three credit institutions whom we use as stratified random
sampling. The main findings of the study are:
1- Poverty plays a major role in women engagement in this
sector, prime among factors is the lack of capital and lack of
education which force women of all ages to generally resort to
these occupations into which entry is easy