Ghana has since the 1970s taken a number of initiatives, including the setting up of key institutions such as the Office of Business Promotion and the Ghana Enterprise Development Commission (GEDC) to promote SMEs in the country. The implementation of the Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) in 1983 broadened the institutional support for SMEs. The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) was also established within the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology to address the needs of small businesses. The NBSSI established an Entrepreneurial Development Programme, intended to train and assist persons with entrepreneurial abilities into self-employment. In 1987, the industrial sector also witnessed the coming into operation of the Ghana Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS). It was to supervise the operations of Intermediate Technology Transfer Units (ITTUs) in the country. GRATIS aims at upgrading small scale industrial concerns by transferring appropriate technology to small scale and informal industries at the grass root level. ITTUs in the regions are intended to develop the engineering abilities of small scale manufacturing and service industries engaged in vehicle repairs and other related trades. They are also to address the needs of non-engineering industries (Kayanula and Quartey, 2000).