Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar
Entrepreneurs in Myanmar face many challenges to starting and operating a business. As is the experience globally, women often experience these challenges to a greater extent and face additional sociocultural barriers, limiting their equal particip...
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okr-10986-346842022-09-20T00:10:28Z Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar Dall'Aglio, Chiara Hayati, Fayavar Lee, David FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS GENDER BIAS INEQUALITY SOCIOCULTURAL BARRIERS FIRM SURVEY WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE Entrepreneurs in Myanmar face many challenges to starting and operating a business. As is the experience globally, women often experience these challenges to a greater extent and face additional sociocultural barriers, limiting their equal participation in the economy. To develop a better understanding of the dynamics holding back private sector development, especially for women, this paper uses data from the first-of-a-kind, firm-level data set available in Myanmar. The analysis explores the variance of experience female-owned micro, small, and medium-size enterprises face compared with their male-owned counterparts. The paper assesses the barriers imposed on entrepreneurs and their businesses and identifies firm-level characteristics leading to the use of good business practices. Further, the analysis investigates the adoption of gender and family-friendly policies, as an outcome and as a determinant of business success. The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of the barriers to gender-inclusive private sector development in Myanmar and provide tangible recommendations to private- and government-level actors. Overall, the analysis finds the major constraints for women entrepreneurs are access to finance and sociocultural factors, such as family responsibilities and household work. 2020-10-29T13:15:26Z 2020-10-29T13:15:26Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351721603733378828/Measuring-the-Biases-Burdens-and-Barriers-Women-Entrepreneurs-Endure-in-Myanmar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34684 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9451 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Myanmar |
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FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS GENDER BIAS INEQUALITY SOCIOCULTURAL BARRIERS FIRM SURVEY WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE Dall'Aglio, Chiara Hayati, Fayavar Lee, David Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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Entrepreneurs in Myanmar face many
challenges to starting and operating a business. As is the
experience globally, women often experience these challenges
to a greater extent and face additional sociocultural
barriers, limiting their equal participation in the economy.
To develop a better understanding of the dynamics holding
back private sector development, especially for women, this
paper uses data from the first-of-a-kind, firm-level data
set available in Myanmar. The analysis explores the variance
of experience female-owned micro, small, and medium-size
enterprises face compared with their male-owned
counterparts. The paper assesses the barriers imposed on
entrepreneurs and their businesses and identifies firm-level
characteristics leading to the use of good business
practices. Further, the analysis investigates the adoption
of gender and family-friendly policies, as an outcome and as
a determinant of business success. The purpose of the study
is to gain a better understanding of the barriers to
gender-inclusive private sector development in Myanmar and
provide tangible recommendations to private- and
government-level actors. Overall, the analysis finds the
major constraints for women entrepreneurs are access to
finance and sociocultural factors, such as family
responsibilities and household work. |
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Working Paper |
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Dall'Aglio, Chiara Hayati, Fayavar Lee, David |
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Dall'Aglio, Chiara Hayati, Fayavar Lee, David |
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Dall'Aglio, Chiara |
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Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar |
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measuring the biases, burdens, and barriers women entrepreneurs endure in myanmar |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351721603733378828/Measuring-the-Biases-Burdens-and-Barriers-Women-Entrepreneurs-Endure-in-Myanmar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34684 |
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