Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors
Business training is one of the most common support services offered by governments to small firms around the world. However, a number of evaluations of such training programs have struggled to identify impacts, and an additional concern has been t...
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okr-10986-262852021-05-25T10:54:44Z Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors McKenzie, David Puerto, Susana women entrepreneurs microenterprises training skills gender Business training is one of the most common support services offered by governments to small firms around the world. However, a number of evaluations of such training programs have struggled to identify impacts, and an additional concern has been that any growth of trained firms might at the expense of their competitors. In contrast, supporters of training programs argue that there might be positive benefits to other firms in the economy, if better business practices are like a technology that others can observe and copy, or if training encourages collective action. The authors designed an experiment to measure both the direct and spillover impacts of training. 2017-03-16T19:08:47Z 2017-03-16T19:08:47Z 2017-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/364401488865513851/Business-training-for-female-microenterprise-owners-in-Kenya-grew-their-firms-without-harming-their-competitors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26285 English en_US Finance and PSD Impact;No. 42 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya |
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Business training is one of the most
common support services offered by governments to small
firms around the world. However, a number of evaluations of
such training programs have struggled to identify impacts,
and an additional concern has been that any growth of
trained firms might at the expense of their competitors. In
contrast, supporters of training programs argue that there
might be positive benefits to other firms in the economy, if
better business practices are like a technology that others
can observe and copy, or if training encourages collective
action. The authors designed an experiment to measure both
the direct and spillover impacts of training. |
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McKenzie, David Puerto, Susana |
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McKenzie, David Puerto, Susana |
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McKenzie, David |
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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors |
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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors |
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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors |
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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors |
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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors |
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business training for female microenterprise owners in kenya grew their firms without harming their competitors |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/364401488865513851/Business-training-for-female-microenterprise-owners-in-Kenya-grew-their-firms-without-harming-their-competitors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26285 |
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