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
Subjects:	GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BUSINESS TRAINING WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	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

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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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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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29967
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Designing Targeted Business Trainings for Impact : Insights from a Women Entrepreneurs' Program in Tanzania

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