Small-Scale Enterprises in the Informal Sector in Dakar, Senegal

Problems of small-scale enterprises in Dakar, Senegal.

Issues: Part of town; kind and size of working place; size of ground
and outlets/stalls; year of migration to Dakar; place of birth; reasons
for leaving place of birth; ethnic origin; educators; occupational
position; kind and duration of former employment; kind, duration and
valuation of education and training; willingness to contribute to the
expenses of supplementary training courses; membership in unions and
associations; satisfaction with the functioning of these unions;
willingness to cooperate with other small-scale enterprises; receipt of
transfer payments in times of operational problems; workshop ownership
and rental value; present size and ideal size of workshop as well as
other commercial areas used; valuation of business location and
infrastructure; number of owners or partners; number of apprentices and
their average working hours per week; kinship relation to apprentices;
apprentices´ costs; terms of payment and other services for apprentices
such as provision of living space; total number and working conditions
of employees; difficulties to hire labour; weekly working hours; raw
materials used, origin and prices, supply; costs of services enlisted;
acquisition of raw material on credit; period of working as
self-employed businessman; information on initial capital and business
start; weekly takings during starting phase; intended future
acquisitions of equipment; costs, financing and consequences for number
of staff; estimated value of equipment, means of transport, raw
materials and produced goods; use of tools out of own or Senegalese
production; kind of contacting customers and main customer groups;
stock; difficulties concerning increase in production, sales and
expansion of enterprise; weekly turnover; supplier functions and own
suppliers; frequency of sales-losses; kind of book-keeping; development
of production during the last two years; competition; weekly profit;
receipt of bank or government loans and amount of loans; problems to
get loans; use of credits and financial capacity of repayment;
particulars regarding tax payment; monthly expenses for family and
reproduction; additional income sources; registration.

Demography: Marital status; number of children; year of
birth