Revisiting the Micro and Small Enterprise Sector in Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review the state of the literature on the Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) sector in Kenya to examine how entrepreneurs affect economic growth and development. First, it provides a brief assessment of Kenya’s development prospects in the 21st century. Second, it interrogates the literature with regard to some of the theoretical and empirical studies performed on the microenterprise sector in the global south on a general level, and in Kenya, from 1970–2009. Third, it discusses the important role of women in economic development and entrepreneurship.