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Connecting Economies, Empowering Women (2024)
This report details findings from a multi-year program aimed at promoting regional growth and women’s economic empowerment through trade facilitation and connectivity in the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,...
#ClearHerPath: Meet Women Who are Blazing a Trail in South A...
There are many obstacles to women entering the workforce in South Asia. However, there are actions that governments, educational institutions, workplaces, communities, and families can take to break d...
Unleashing Women’s Potential and Advancing Gender Equality i...
The World Bank Group’s new Gender Strategy 2024-30 focuses on innovation, financing, and collective action to support foundational well-being, economic participation, and women’s leadership. This blog...
The Pioneering Women Shaping Pakistan's Startup Ecosystem (2...
Early-stage entrepreneurs, particularly women, face significant challenges accessing the funding and support they need to launch, grow, and scale their businesses. This blog discusses the Internationa...
What Works to Empower Businesswomen Economically and When to...
This blog by Mayra Buvinic, Center for Global Development, draws on recent gender and development research to identify new evidence for improving the business profits of women-owned micro and small bu...
Enterprising Women: A Decade of Learning from Ethiopia’s Wom...
This brief provides an overview of the first-ever line of credit focused on women entrepreneurs. Launched in 2012, the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project was designed to address both financial...
Breaking Barriers: Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Ma...
Focusing on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance, this report explores differences in profits and experiences among female entrepreneurs who cross over into...
GEM 2022/23 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report: Challenging Bia...
This Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report presents a trend analysis of women’s entrepreneurship across 49 countries, five global regions, and three national income levels. It offers key indicators b...
Women's Entrepreneurship in Pakistan: A Review of Literature...
Taking a political economy approach, this report is a valuable resource for practitioners interested in designing interventions to support women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment in Pakistan...
Problems of Political Unrest: Women in Small Businesses in B...
This research explores the negative impact of political unrest in Bangladesh on women entrepreneurs and small business owners. Offering insights into the gender constraints faced, it discusses how pol...
Aggregate Implications of Barriers to Female Entrepreneurshi...
This paper develops a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation and entrepreneurship faced by women in developing countries and then applies this framework to the Indian economy....
Why Small Business Owners Have Such a Hard Time Getting Loan...
Securing a good loan is challenging for many businesses, especially women-owned businesses. This episode from the Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women podcast series focuses on the “missing middle” cr...