Promoting women's entrepreneurship development based on good practice programmes: some experiences from the North to the South

Paula. Kantor

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Exmines entrepreneurship support programmes in developed countries in order to work out recommendations for developing countries. Identifies constraints facing entrepreneurs and discusses the characteristics of a successful microenterprise. Investigates performance criteria used to evaluate good practice in microenterprise promotion and describes methodologies used to deliver support services. Reviews good practice programmes and discusses their gender sensitivity and their replicability. Examines organizations involved in entrepreneurship promotion.

Keywords: women workers; entrepreneurship.; microenterprise; small enterprise; small scale industry.; enterprise creation; business development service; obstacle; evaluation technique; cost effectiveness; impact evaluation; case study; self employment; training programme; access to credit.; womens organization; mentoring; access to information; Internet; statistical table; travailleuses; esprit d'entreprise; micro entreprise; petite entreprise; petite industrie; création d'entreprise; service d'appui aux entreprises; obstacle; technique d'évaluation; rapport coût-efficacité; évaluation de l'impact; étude de cas; travail indépendant; programme de formation; accès au crédit; organisation féminine; mentoring; accès à l'information; Internet; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; capacidad empresarial; microempresa; pequeña empresa; pequeña industria; creación de empresa; servicio de desarrollo de la empresa; obstáculo; técnica de evaluación; eficacia en relación con los costos; evaluación del impacto; estudio de casos; trabajo a cuenta propia; programa de formación; acceso a créditos; organización femenina; mentoring; acceso a la información; Internet; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 89 pages
Date: 2001
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Published in Series on women's entrepreneurship development and gender in entreprises - WEDGE

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