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Abstract:
The focus of this paper is to examine and show the direction and type of business growth and development in Ibarapa and how Ibarapa economy can be improved upon to boost employment generation and economic performance. From the analysis of data collected from the three local governments in the region, Business in general term has relevance to the life of Ibarapa people and it is largely being conducted as a sole proprietorship at micro level. This sector, informal, continues to be favoured as long as informal proprietors' continue to increase and exist. The major constraints to this sector are access to finance and sound management. Therefore informal sole proprietorships should be given a kind of support to build their capacity through access to finance and education. This will strengthen the possibility of creating more solid frames for the contribution of the informal sector to Nigeria economy in general and Ibarapa in particular.

Keywords: business, development, growth, issues, constraint, informal sector.

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