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elationship with the <strong>in</strong>come level. These results <strong>in</strong>dicate that <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>come results to<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> asset and <strong>in</strong>ventory.Figure 33: Impact of project on bus<strong>in</strong>ess practiceThe <strong>in</strong>formation on figure 33 <strong>in</strong>dicates improvement <strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess practices. Out of 8 <strong>youth</strong> whooperates their own bus<strong>in</strong>ess before the implementation of the project, 37.5 percent were keptrecord of their transactions, 25 percent have bus<strong>in</strong>ess card, 50 percent us<strong>in</strong>g customer‘sfeedbacks, no bus<strong>in</strong>ess registered, 25 percent were provid<strong>in</strong>g home services and the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g37.5 percent ploughed back their profit back to the bus<strong>in</strong>ess. At the time of project evaluation, 92percent kept records of their transactions, 54 percent have bus<strong>in</strong>ess cards, 76 percent provideshome services, and 38.4 percent ploughed back their bus<strong>in</strong>ess profit back to the bus<strong>in</strong>ess. Thisimprovement could be attributed to the bus<strong>in</strong>ess advisory and counsel<strong>in</strong>g services provided by theproject manager dur<strong>in</strong>g the course of project implementation.Figure 34: Awareness program82

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