GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

Women make up more than half of the total number of entrepreneurs in Africa. Yet, on average, for every dollar of profits men entrepreneurs earn, women entrepreneurs earn 66 cents. Supporting women to grow their firms would translate into higher ec...

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spelling okr-10986-332502021-05-25T10:54:39Z GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs World Bank AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS GENDER ACCESS TO FINANCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Women make up more than half of the total number of entrepreneurs in Africa. Yet, on average, for every dollar of profits men entrepreneurs earn, women entrepreneurs earn 66 cents. Supporting women to grow their firms would translate into higher economic growth for Sub-Saharan Africa. 2020-01-28T19:51:14Z 2020-01-28T19:51:14Z 2020-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370661580231977140/GIL-Top-Policy-Lessons-on-Empowering-Women-Entrepreneurs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33250 English Gender Innovation Lab; 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
GENDER
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
spellingShingle AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
GENDER
ACCESS TO FINANCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
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description Women make up more than half of the total number of entrepreneurs in Africa. Yet, on average, for every dollar of profits men entrepreneurs earn, women entrepreneurs earn 66 cents. Supporting women to grow their firms would translate into higher economic growth for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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title_short GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
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title_fullStr GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
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