activities. Women are relatively often and foreigners rarely represented in the start-up actvities of the service sector. …

Despite a steady increase in the number of self-employed women, the so-called gender gap has hardly diminished. Based …-induced employment breaks - which from a theoretical perspective go along with a loss of human capital - explain women's lower start …

the contrary, men living farther away from urban and maquila jobs are more likely to work. However, women living in … greater isolation are highly concentrated in own-production agricultural activities, where women's skills are rewarded less … than comparable men's skills. Through concentration into this sector, women living in geographic isolation obtain worse …

The second issue of "Investing in Women" underscores the Inter-American Development Bank's commitment to enhancing the … contributions of women to development and ensuring their equitable participation in Bank-funded programs. The projects showcased in … this brochure highlight the importance of reducing the obstacles faced by women and emphasize the roles they play as agents …

This paper analyzes the impact of the Strengthening Women Entrepreneurship in Peru (SWEP) program. SWEP trained female … expenditures, or women's empowerment in the household. Qualitative information suggests that micro entrepreneurs were satisfied …