I wish to evaluate how access to infrastructure influence the performance of SME and also how capacity building by devolved governments affects the same i.e.performance of SME's in developing countries.
When looking for indicators of capacity development in any governance situation there are many areas to consider. However the following three should not miss from the mix: Institutions, (organization, laws, rules and regulations), People (Human resources including leadership in terms of numbers, knowledge, skills attitude and mindset), Results and impact.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working group on SMEs has identified managerial weakness as a key factor in the failure of small businesses and is more prominent in developing countries and also smaller firms (Bierut and Kuziemska 2017), Managerial incompetence are more prevalent in SMEs as compared to the larger companies because SMEs (entrepreneurs) do not have the managerial capabilities and are also not prepared to hand over the management of the business to the professional managers for some reasons such as lack of trust, the risk among others(Cavusgil, Ghauri, and Ackcal 2013). The national government has managed to follow through training of business owners through the allocation of funds for training at the county government level. Business owners, including women micro-enterprises owners, receive training that acquaints them with the much-needed skills for business success. Capacity building in county government in this study is indicated by the levels of the entrepreneurial skills given to women, amount of sales, marketing