The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina

Firms in developing countries are widely known to face many constraints, from lack of access to finance and physical capital to poor infrastructure. The course seems to have been particularly effective at promoting business growth for those entrepr...

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Main Authors: Bruhn, Miriam, Zia, Bilal
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14928060/impact-business-financial-literacy-training-young-entrepreneurs-bosnia-herzogovina
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spelling okr-10986-100962021-04-23T14:02:48Z The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina Bruhn, Miriam Zia, Bilal ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS GROWTH BUSINESS SKILLS BUSINESS TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FAVORABLE TERMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING GOOD CREDIT GOOD CREDIT HISTORY LABOR FORCE LITERACY EDUCATION LOAN LOAN DEFAULT READING SALES TRAINING COURSE TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT Firms in developing countries are widely known to face many constraints, from lack of access to finance and physical capital to poor infrastructure. The course seems to have been particularly effective at promoting business growth for those entrepreneurs who exhibited higher levels of financial literacy at the baseline. Policymakers might therefore consider targeting business training resources towards existing firms, with an emphasis on particularly teachable behaviors. 2012-08-13T10:24:30Z 2012-08-13T10:24:30Z 2011-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14928060/impact-business-financial-literacy-training-young-entrepreneurs-bosnia-herzogovina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10096 English Finance & PSD Impact; No. 13 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS GROWTH
BUSINESS SKILLS
BUSINESS TRAINING
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
FAVORABLE TERMS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING
GOOD CREDIT
GOOD CREDIT HISTORY
LABOR FORCE
LITERACY EDUCATION
LOAN
LOAN DEFAULT
READING
SALES
TRAINING COURSE
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTS
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS GROWTH
BUSINESS SKILLS
BUSINESS TRAINING
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
FAVORABLE TERMS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING
GOOD CREDIT
GOOD CREDIT HISTORY
LABOR FORCE
LITERACY EDUCATION
LOAN
LOAN DEFAULT
READING
SALES
TRAINING COURSE
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
Bruhn, Miriam
Zia, Bilal
The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
geographic_facet Africa
relation Finance & PSD Impact; No. 13
description Firms in developing countries are widely known to face many constraints, from lack of access to finance and physical capital to poor infrastructure. The course seems to have been particularly effective at promoting business growth for those entrepreneurs who exhibited higher levels of financial literacy at the baseline. Policymakers might therefore consider targeting business training resources towards existing firms, with an emphasis on particularly teachable behaviors.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Bruhn, Miriam
Zia, Bilal
author_facet Bruhn, Miriam
Zia, Bilal
author_sort Bruhn, Miriam
title The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
title_short The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
title_full The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
title_fullStr The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina
title_sort impact of business and financial literacy training for young entrepreneurs in bosnia-herzogovina
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14928060/impact-business-financial-literacy-training-young-entrepreneurs-bosnia-herzogovina
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