The major thrust of the present paper is to evaluate the performance of the Small-Scale Industries (SSI) as well as productivity of labor and capital in this sector, for the period 1973-2006. The average annual growth rates of total production, exports, employment and investment in the SSI and...

Available studies on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have mainly focused on performance indicators, role of financial institutions and sources of growth in many developing countries. The present study utilizes the cointegration analysis to examine the causal relationship between SMEs output,...