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The socioeconomic effects of small-scale women businesses in broom production and marketing industry

Purpose Broom production and marketing is a local business industry operated by women in Nigeria. This activity serves not only as a source of livelihood to women but also has created job opportunities for the teeming unemployed persons in the rural areas. This paper aims to examine socioeconomic effects of small-scale women businesses in broom production and marketing industry in Nigeria with a view to analyze small-scale women businesses in Igbo Eze North District of Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach New economic theory was used to guide the study. The study adopted a quantitative researc…