Jobs, gender and small enterprises in the Caribbean: lessons from Barbados, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

Carol. Ferdinand

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Examines and compares the factors affecting women's entrepreneurship in small and cottage industries in three countries of the Caribbean.

Keywords: women workers; woman manager; small enterprise; microenterprise; cottage industry.; economic implication; entrepreneurship.; cultural factor.; sex discrimination; obstacle; financing.; access to credit.; state intervention; business development service; case study; statistical table; travailleuses; femme cadre; petite entreprise; micro entreprise; industrie artisanale à domicile; conséquences économiques; esprit d'entreprise; facteur culturel; discrimination fondée sur le sexe; obstacle; financement; accès au crédit; intervention de l'Etat; service d'appui aux entreprises; étude de cas; tableau statistique; trabajadoras; empresaria; pequeña empresa; microempresa; industria casera; consecuencias económicas; capacidad empresarial; factor cultural; discriminación por razones de sexo; obstáculo; financiamiento; acceso a créditos; intervención estatal; servicio de desarrollo de la empresa; estudio de casos; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 110 pages
Date: 2001
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Published in Series on women's entrepreneurship development and gender in entreprises - WEDGE

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