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Internally Displaced Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: The Case of Abdullah

In: Refugee Entrepreneurship

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  • Humera Manzoor

    (Kohat University of Science and Technology)

  • Mehboob ur Rashid

    (University of Peshawar)

  • Cherry W. M. Cheung

    (London South Bank University)

  • Caleb Kwong

    (Essex Business School, University of Essex)

Abstract

Abdullah sells solar panels and items along with a few electric items. The local community uses his services in fixing their household electric items. Abdullah has been able to understand the needs of the local people since there is an increased demand for solar items due to the electricity shortage all over Pakistan. He has high personal motivation, courage, persistence, hope and faith in God, which he combines with his prior experience with this business. Lack of capital and lack of knowledge of the local market have been major constraints. Abdullah’s relatives and the local people supported him through charity (Zakat) and loans to start his business. His friends prefer to support him by purchasing from his shop. The wholesaler Abdullah uses has become a constraint, since they now refuse to do business with him on credit. The main institutional barrier that Abdullah faced is the lack of knowledge about getting financial assistance and his way around; but his friends educated him about the local market and how to do business.

Suggested Citation

  • Humera Manzoor & Mehboob ur Rashid & Cherry W. M. Cheung & Caleb Kwong, 2019. "Internally Displaced Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: The Case of Abdullah," Springer Books, in: Sibylle Heilbrunn & Jörg Freiling & Aki Harima (ed.), Refugee Entrepreneurship, chapter 13, pages 195-205, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-92534-9_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92534-9_13
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