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: Received: 6 April 2024 / Approved: 8 April 2024 / Online: 8 April 2024 (08:46:54 CEST)
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Munyemana, E.; Mung’atu, J.K.; Ruranga, C. Analysis of Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda: Firm-Level Data Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024040517. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0517.v1
Munyemana, E.; Mung’atu, J.K.; Ruranga, C. Analysis of Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda: Firm-Level Data Analysis. Preprints 2024, 2024040517. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0517.v1
Munyemana, E.; Mung’atu, J.K.; Ruranga, C. Analysis of Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda: Firm-Level Data Analysis. Preprints2024, 2024040517. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0517.v1
APA Style
Munyemana, E., Mung’atu, J.K., & Ruranga, C. (2024). Analysis of Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda: Firm-Level Data Analysis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0517.v1
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Munyemana, E., Joseph K. Mung’atu and Charles Ruranga. 2024 "Analysis of Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda: Firm-Level Data Analysis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0517.v1
Abstract
Analysis of immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMEs in Rwanda aims to assess and quantify the economic and financial impacts of the pandemic during the lockdown and presents options adopted by SMEs to reopen their business opera-tions. It also seeks to recommend options for sustainable and resilient economic recovery from the scars of COVID-19. This analysis used data collected from nearly 220 SMEs located across the country and applied an Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and multivariate linear regression models to measure the pandemic effects. The study revealed that firms downsized employment by 36.4 per cent, but data depict significant deviation within SMEs by their size. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a greater magni-tude of negative effects on sales levels among small businesses. Tax amounts were reduced amidst the crisis however, data do not show any significant variations among SMEs. Additionally, SMEs owners applied various coping mechanisms during re-opening. The study used firm-level data, providing detailed and reliable effects of the shocks on business performance. This analysis recommends establishing the medium-term financing and technical support for SMEs to ensure steady and sustainable recovery from pandemic effects as well as strengthening their resilience to any other socio-economics shocks.
Keywords
wood; firm; COVID-19 and SMEs; regression models
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Econometrics and Statistics
Copyright:
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