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Business literacy and development: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural Mexico
Calderon, Gabriela; Cunha, Jesse M.; De Giorgi, Giacomo - 2013
This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392390
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Business literacy and development : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural Mexico
Calderon, Gabriela; Cunha, Jesse M.; De Giorgi, Giacomo - 2013
This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228303
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Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico
Calderón, Gabriela; Cunha, Jesse M.; Giorgi, Giacomo De - Banco de México - 2013
This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907565
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Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico
Calderon, Gabriela; Cunha, Jesse M.; Giorgi, Giacomo De - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
A large share of the poor in developing countries run small enterprises, often earning low incomes. This paper explores whether the poor performance of businesses can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723392
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Brilliant technologies and brave entrepreneurs : a new narrative for African manufacturing
Naudé, Wim - 2018
In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development … start-up entrepreneurship. In this light I (i) show why manufacturing is vital for African economies, (ii) critically … Africa; (iii) describe the resurgence of technological start-up entrepreneurship in Africa and (iv) call for policy support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949049
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By choice and by necessity : entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world
Margolis, David N. - 2014
the developing world tends to be low productivity employment, and as countries move up the development path, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370089
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Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries
Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754698
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277005
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Chapter 3. Field Experiments in Education in Developing Countries
Muralidharan, K. - 2017
The study of education in developing countries has been transformed by the rapid increase in the feasibility and prevalence of field experiments over the past 15 years. This paper comprises three main sections. First, it illustrates the very broad range of research questions regarding education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023420
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Political Inclusivity and the Aspirations of Young Constituents: Identifying the Effects of a National Empowerment Policy
O'Connell, Stephen D. - Department of Economics, Graduate Center - 2014
Using two dimensions of exogenous geographic variation in exposure to 1992 reforms that introduced seat quotas for women in local government in India, I find a one percentage-point increase in the school enrollment rate of young women for each additional year of exposure to women leaders. This...
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