The relationship between empowerment and entrepreneurship in collective societies is, in our view, insufficiently … examined. Accepted definitions of empowerment and the assumptions underlying programs and research designs based on them result … in outcomes that self-fulfil and, as a result, disappoint. Several issues are prevalent: the empowerment potential of …

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically shows that the same class of … sufficient to grow women-owned subsistence-level firms. However, it can work if it is delivered in-kind to more successful women … microentrepreneurs, and it should boost the performance of women' larger-sized SMEs. Very poor women need a more intensive package of …

With special reference to women entrepreneurship in India; contributed articles …