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Group-based cognitive behavioral training improves mental health of SME entrepreneurs : experimental evidence from conflict-affected areas of Pakistan

Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Jamison, Julian C. - 2019

fragility, conflict and violence, entrepreneurs of small and medium-size experience chronic stress and poor mental health on a … small and medium-size enterprise entrepreneurs in conflict-affected parts of Pakistan. Entrepreneurs in the treatment group …, which was conducted with 235 entrepreneurs, found that cognitive behavioral training leads to significant improvements in …

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Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia : A Pathway to Increasing Shared Prosperity

World Bank Group - 2016

The world today believes that supporting women entrepreneurs is vital for economic growth. As economic opportunities … increase, unprecedented numbers of women are entering the world of business and entrepreneurship. The number of women … entrepreneurs has risen in global economy including in developing countries. However, the majority of women entrepreneurs in …

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Gender-Informed Public-Private Dialogue : Practical Note on Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs' Voices

Herzberg, Benjamin - 2016

This practical notes series is devised as a how-to guide that captures the evolution of Public Private Dialogues (PPD) and the challenges faced by practitioners since the first PPD handbook was published in 2006. It considers the varied and evolving forms of PPD, the contexts in which PPD is...

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Female Entrepreneurs : How and Why Are They Different?

Carranza, Eliana - 2018

This paper reviews and critically evaluates existing evidence on female entrepreneurial activity. First, we identify how female-run businesses are different, by examining both economic and non-economic outcomes which are frequently overlooked. Second, we offer a comprehensive discussion of...

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Women's Entrepreneurship : How to Measure the Gap between New Female and Male Entrepreneurs?

Meunier, Frederic - 2017

This paper analyzes data on female and male entrepreneurship that were collected by the World Bank Group …'s Entrepreneurship Database. Recognizing the importance of a differentiated approach to entrepreneurship in terms of legal entities, the …. Forty-four of the 143 economies that participated in the Entrepreneurship project provided some sex-disaggregated data for …

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Crossovers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors: Evidence from Ethiopia

Alibhai, Salman - 2017

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 …

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Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs : A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya

McKenzie, David J. - 2017

A common concern with efforts to directly help some small businesses to grow is that their growth comes at the expense of their unassisted competitors. This study tests this possibility using a two-stage randomized experiment in Kenya. The experiment randomizes business training at the market...

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Breaking the Metal Ceiling : Female Entrepreneurs Who Succeed in Male-Dominated Sectors

Campos, Francisco - 2015

entrepreneurs in Uganda start (and strive) operating firms in male-dominated sectors, and what hinders other women from doing so …

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Female Entrepreneurship in Turkey : Patterns, Characteristics, and Trends

Okten, Cagla - 2015

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 …-demographic characteristics such as education, marital status, number of children, and urban or rural location on gender gap in entrepreneurship …

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Building Water Utilities with Local Private Entrepreneurs : The Example of the Mirep Program in Cambodia 2000-2010

Mahe, Jean Pierre - 2010

supply, which the State is not yet able to address. These entrepreneurs operate on a merchant basis, lacking an institutional …

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