-agricultural labor force classified as self-employed or employers. Yet most entrepreneurs are unable to grow their businesses beyond …, seeks to focus attention on the challenges that Africa's women entrepreneurs face and identify practical solutions. The … to growth and profitability faced by women entrepreneurs. It goes beyond looking at contextual, endowment and household …

-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created the first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit in …

proprietorships are more frequently used by female entrepreneurs, only three economies have similar or equal number of women business …

Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are …'s relationships and networks, especially those provided through male relatives, and being opportunity-driven entrepreneurs appear to … challenges of encouraging female entrepreneurs to enter male-dominated sectors, in an effort to provide new insight into how the …

Entrepreneurs that voluntarily choose to start a business because they are able to identify a good business opportunity … and act on it-opportunity entrepreneurs-might be different along various dimensions from those who are forced to become … entrepreneurs because of lack of other alternatives-necessity entrepreneurs. To provide evidence on these differences, this paper …

understanding of female entrepreneurship in Turkey by analyzing the patterns and characteristics of female entrepreneurs and … examining time trends in entrepreneurial activity. The data on entrepreneurs comes from data on employers and own account …