In this study an attempt is made to assess the role of micro enterprises creating employment opportunities and\nincome generation opportunity in Timergara District Dir Lower, KPK Pakistan. During the study primary data were\ncollected from the owners of 80 micro enterprises. Questionnaire was used as data collection instruments. For Data\nanalysis descriptive statistical tools such as tables, frequency distribution and percentages, and inferential statistical\ntools such as regression analysis were used to describe the responses on the role of micro enterprises. The study\nelaborate that there is some positive growth rate of micro enterprises in Timergara City. Regarding employment\ncreation these micro enterprises created around 4.75 average numbers of employees per micro enterprise. The total\nnumber of employees in 80 enterprises was 380 employees. Most of the enterprise owners (42.5%) get average\nmonthly income from Rs.53000 to Rs.89000 and each employee in the enterprise get average income of Rs.11997\nper month. The total average monthly sale of 80 enterprises in Timergara City is Rs.61000000. Besides this the\nenterprises also faced some constraints during start-up time and also face constraints during operation, such as\nfinancial shortage, security, high rent and energy shortage. To conclude that, micro enterprises play a great role in\nreducing unemployment and also play a great role in income generation to the owners and employees. Based on\nthe major findings a number of policy recommendations are drawn. Among these the access to credit, price control,\ngovernment check and provision of energy is very important for the development of these micro enterprises.
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