Supporting Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs : A Review of the Evidence and Key Challenges

In recent years, support programs for women entrepreneurs have gained traction and prominence as a means to create jobs and boost productivity at the national and regional levels. However, disparities in initial resource endowments of male and fema...

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Main Authors:	Cirera, Xavier, Qasim, Qursum
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO NETWORKS APPLICATION PROCESS BANK ACCOUNTS BORROWING BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS EDUCATION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS EXPERIENCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS NETWORKS BUSINESS OWNERSHIP BUSINESS PLAN BUSINESS TRAINING BUSINESSWOMEN CAPITAL RETURNS CAPITAL STOCK CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS OWNERS COMPANY CONSULTING SERVICES CULTURAL NORMS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPOWERMENT ENDOWMENTS ENTERPRISE GROWTH ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN EQUAL ACCESS EXPANSION FAMILY BUSINESS FAMILY BUSINESSES FAMILY LAW FATHER FEMALE FEMALE BUSINESS FEMALE BUSINESSES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTERPRISE FEMALE ENTERPRISES FEMALE ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES FEMALE ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FEMALE PARTICIPANTS FEMALE WORKERS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL SKILLS FIRM SIZE FIRMS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIAL GENDER DISTRIBUTION GENDER GAP GENDER ROLES GENDER SPECIFIC GREATER ACCESS GROUP LENDING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES GROWTH PLANS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBAND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK JOB CREATION KEY CHALLENGES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LIMITED ACCESS MARKET INFORMATION MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE CLIENTS PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISES PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS PROFITABILITY PROVISION OF FINANCE RATES OF RETURN REAL ESTATE SALES GROWTH SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRM SMALL FIRMS SMALL-SCALE ENTREPRENEURS SME SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL WORK STARTUP CAPITAL SUCCESSFUL WOMEN SUPPLY CHAINS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL TRAINING THEORY OF THE FIRM UNCTAD VENTURE CAPITAL VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS WOMAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP WOMEN OWNER YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20344837/supporting-growth-oriented-women-entrepreneurs-review-evidence-key-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23654