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Enterprising women : expanding economic opportunities in Africa /
This book brings together new household and enterprise data from 41 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to inform policy makers and practitioners on ways to expand women entrepreneurs' economic opportunities. Sub-Saharan Africa boasts the highest share of women entrepreneurs, but they are dispropor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2013.
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| Colección: | Africa development forum.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Where women and men work
- 1. Self-employed, employers, and wage earners in the formal and informal sectors
- 2. The size, formality, and industry of enterprises
- Part II. Why women work where they do
- 3. Country patterns in income, human capital, and assets affect where women work
- 4. Sorting into entrepreneurial activities: individual patterns
- Part III. How women perform
- and the constraints they face
- 5. Sorting drives gender gaps in productivity and profits
- 6. After sorting, constraints depend on the type of enterprise
- Part IV. Shifting women to more productive work
- 7. Increasing the right to own and control assets
- 8. Expanding women's access to finance
- 9. Enriching managerial and financial skills
- 10. Strengthening women's voices in business environment reforms
- 11. Toward an action agenda.