Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries : A Meta Regression Analysis

This paper provides a synthetic and systematic review on the effectiveness of various entrepreneurship programs in developing countries. It adopts a meta-regression analysis using 37 impact evaluation studies that were in the public domain by March...

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Main Authors:	Cho, Yoonyoung, Honorati, Maddalena
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNT ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO LOANS ACCESS TO SAVING ACCESS TO SAVINGS ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET ACTUARIES ADVISORY SERVICES ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT BANKS BASIC SKILLS BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BORROWING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CONFIDENCE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INCUBATION BUSINESS LOANS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS OPERATION BUSINESS OWNERS BUSINESS SCHOOL BUSINESS SURVIVAL BUSINESS TRAINING CASH TRANSFER COGNITIVE SKILLS COLLECTIVE ACTION CONSUMER CONSUMER LOANS CONTRIBUTION CONTROL GROUPS CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT SCORING CULTURAL FACTORS CULTURAL NORM CUSTOMER RELATIONS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DISCRIMINATION DIVERSIFICATION EARNINGS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELECTRICIANS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING EQUIPMENT LOAN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FAMILIES FARMERS FEMALE ENTERPRISE FEMALE ENTERPRISES FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FEMALE WORKERS FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SKILLS FINANCIAL STUDIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL TRAINING GENDER GENDER DISPARITY GENDER ROLES GENERAL POPULATION GIRLS GROUP LENDING HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ID IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT EVALUATION DESIGN INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INNOVATION INSURANCE INSURANCE SCHEME INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERVENTIONS INVENTORY JOB CREATION JOB SEARCH JOB TRAINING KNOWLEDGE GAP LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR INCOME LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICIES LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET POLICY LARGE FIRM LEARNING LIABILITY LIFE SKILLS LOAN LOAN REPAYMENT LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME MARKET ANALYSIS MARKETING MFI MFIS MICRO ENTERPRISE MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MICRO-CREDIT MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MORTALITY MOTIVATION NEW BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERSONALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAM IMPACTS RECORD KEEPING REGRESSION ANALYSIS REPAYMENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISKY BEHAVIOR RURAL AREAS SALARY SALES SAVING BEHAVIOR SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCHOOL FINANCE SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF HELP SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILLS TRAINING SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL-SCALE ENTREPRENEURS SMART MONEY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES START-UP STOCKS TARGETING TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR ENTREPRENEURS TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VALUABLE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WAGE SUBSIDIES WELL-BEING WORTH YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17549708/entrepreneurship-programs-developing-countries-meta-regression-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13199