Abstract:
The women population of Sri Lanka is 53% out of total population
and the majority of women are below the poverty line. Therefore,
the women are doing micro level businesses to increase the living
standard of their families. The Micro Finance Institutes provide
both financial and non-financial services to enhance the women
entrepreneurs. The objective of this study is to examine the impact
of micro finance services on women entrepreneurial success.
Micro Credit, Micro Savings and Skill Development Programmes
were used as independent variables and the women
entrepreneurial success was the dependent variable. The
purposive sampling technique was applied to obtain the
quantitative data from 103 women entrepreneurs out of 123
women entrepreneurs registered in Gampaha Divisional
Secretariat using structured questionnaires with likert scale
questions. Correlation and Multiple Regression were used to
analysis the data. The finding reveals that there is a statistically
significant positive impact of both Micro Credit and Micro Savings
on Women Entrepreneurial Success. The researcher used Skill
Development Programmes as non-financial services with Micro
Credit and Micro Savings to identify the impact on Micro finance
services on women entrepreneurial success rear the previous
researchers have not use. It is recommended to the policy makers
to provide convenient repayment procedures in micro credit and
providing attractive product options in micro savings. There are
numbers of researches done on the above topic and in Sri Lankan
contest this research is done for specifically.
