Measuring the Biases, Burdens, and Barriers Women Entrepreneurs Endure in Myanmar
Chiara Dall'Aglio,
Fayavar Hayati and
David James Lee
No 9451, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank
Abstract:
Entrepreneurs in Myanmar face many challenges to starting and operating a business. As is theexperience globally, women often experience these challenges to a greater extent and face additional socioculturalbarriers, limiting their equal participation in the economy. To develop a better understanding of the dynamics holdingback private sector development, especially for women, this paper uses data from the first-of-a-kind, firm-level data set available in Myanmar. The analysis explores the varianceof experience female-owned micro, small, and medium-size enterprises face compared with their male-ownedcounterparts. The paper assesses the barriers imposed on entrepreneurs and their businesses and identifies firm-levelcharacteristics leading to the use of good business practices. Further, the analysis investigates the adoptionof gender and family-friendly policies, as an outcome and as a determinant of business success. The purpose of the studyis to gain a better understanding of the barriers to gender-inclusive private sector development in Myanmar andprovide tangible recommendations to private- and government-level actors. Overall, the analysis finds themajor constraints for women entrepreneurs are access to finance and sociocultural factors, such as familyresponsibilities and household work.
Keywords: Gender and Development; International Trade and Trade Rules; Educational Sciences; Financial Sector Policy; Technology Industry; Gender and Poverty; Gender and Economic Policy; Economics and Gender; Gender and Economics; Technology Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-26
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