"This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners, co-owners and decision-making managers in European and North American societies since the sixteenth century. Drawing on up-to-date scholarship, it identifies the economic, social, legal and cultural factors...

In times of crisis, aid can help those in need. However, given the complex and uncertain environment, aid provision faces epistemic and political limitations. Remittances are a major source of aid that can overcome these challenges because it is decentralized and adaptable. This chapter examines...

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Introduction -- Vision for scale -- Sustainable business models that scale -- Talent for scaling -- Financing scaling -- Partnerships for scaling -- Supporting scaling : the roles of key stakeholders -- Looking to the future...