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Doing Business 2011 : Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs
World Bank - 2010
Eighth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2011 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit,...
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Entrepreneurship in post-conflict transition : the role of informality and access to finance
Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı - 2009
"The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Survey panel household survey for the years 2001-2004. In the beginning of the sample, the country changed its legal framework, with the...
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The impact of the business environment on the business creation process
Klapper, Leora - 2009
"New data from the 2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey indicates a very strong and statistically significant … relationship between entrepreneurship and a better business environment. Data for 100 countries on the number of total and newly … fostering formal sector entrepreneurship. "--World Bank web site …
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Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico Report
World Bank - 2021
This report presents the results of various experimental studies that try to address, from different perspectives, the challenges of supporting the growth and profitability of women entrepreneurs. In Mexico, women tend to be overrepresented in the category of microentrepreneurs, who often have...
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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors
World Bank - 2022
The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally female-concentrated sectors...
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Entrepreneurship Snapshots 2010 : Measuring the Impact of the Financial Crisis on New Business Registration
World Bank - 2012
New businesses are likely to have been even more severely affected by the crisis than mature businesses, even in non crisis times, new and young firms tend to be more constrained than older firms which often have established reputations and enjoy easier access to finance. Given the sudden...
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Doing Business 2011 : Making a Difference for Entrepreneurs - Comparing Business Regulation in 183 Economies
World Bank - 2012
Doing Business 2011: making a difference for entrepreneurs is the eighth in a series of annual reports investigating regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property...
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Supporting Youth Employment through Cash Grants for Entrepreneurship
World Bank - 2023
Benin's labor market is characterized by a high participation rate, but extensive informality and underemployment. Underemployment is even higher among youth and rural women. The labor market is also extremely segregated by gender. Under the Benin Youth Employment Project(PEJ), closed in June...
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Mexico - Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Diagnostic
World Bank - 2023
improvements. Indeed, Mexico's entrepreneurship ecosystem is characterized by the limited entry of high-quality firms, and a large … entrepreneurship and growth even more pressing in Mexico; however, at the same time, the pandemic has opened up new opportunities due … affect entrepreneurship ecosystems in Mexico, and with this knowledge, inform the design of priority policies and programs …
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