Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania

Business training in low-income countries have scarcely shown impacts on revenues and profits, especially for female entrepreneurs. In this study, we test two kinds of trainings, one basic in-class training and one enhanced version supplemented wit...

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Main Authors: Bardasi, Elena, Gassier, Marine, Goldstein, Markus, Holla, Alaka
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/205481530891768719/Designing-targeted-business-trainings-for-impact-insights-from-a-women-entrepreneurs-program-in-Tanzania
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spelling okr-10986-299672021-06-19T09:01:55Z Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania Bardasi, Elena Gassier, Marine Goldstein, Markus Holla, Alaka GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS TRAINING WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT Business training in low-income countries have scarcely shown impacts on revenues and profits, especially for female entrepreneurs. In this study, we test two kinds of trainings, one basic in-class training and one enhanced version supplemented with individualized coaching, to test their respective impact on women with established small businesses in Tanzania. We found that targeting the right entrepreneurs can improve the effectiveness of a tailored training and even lead to improvements in performance. We also determined that the content and delivery method of business support provided to the female entrepreneurs impact their adoption of business practices. 2018-07-13T15:32:19Z 2018-07-13T15:32:19Z 2018-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/205481530891768719/Designing-targeted-business-trainings-for-impact-insights-from-a-women-entrepreneurs-program-in-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29967 English Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 26 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 Tanzania
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topic GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
BUSINESS TRAINING
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
BUSINESS TRAINING
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Bardasi, Elena
Gassier, Marine
Goldstein, Markus
Holla, Alaka
Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
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relation Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 26
description Business training in low-income countries have scarcely shown impacts on revenues and profits, especially for female entrepreneurs. In this study, we test two kinds of trainings, one basic in-class training and one enhanced version supplemented with individualized coaching, to test their respective impact on women with established small businesses in Tanzania. We found that targeting the right entrepreneurs can improve the effectiveness of a tailored training and even lead to improvements in performance. We also determined that the content and delivery method of business support provided to the female entrepreneurs impact their adoption of business practices.
format Brief
author Bardasi, Elena
Gassier, Marine
Goldstein, Markus
Holla, Alaka
author_facet Bardasi, Elena
Gassier, Marine
Goldstein, Markus
Holla, Alaka
author_sort Bardasi, Elena
title Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
title_short Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
title_full Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
title_fullStr Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania
title_sort designing targeted business trainings for impact : insights from a women entrepreneurs' program in tanzania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/205481530891768719/Designing-targeted-business-trainings-for-impact-insights-from-a-women-entrepreneurs-program-in-Tanzania
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