Jobs, gender and small enterprises: getting the policy environment right

Linda. Mayoux

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Provides a review of relevant approaches to formulating effective policies to promote women's entrepreneur development. Following the identification of three paradigms of medium and small scale entrerprise development (the neo-liberal market pardigm, feminist empowerment, and interventionist poverty alleviation), reviews the diverse economic and socio- politcal environments in African, South Asian, European countries and the US. Advocates socially equitable growth, enounces best practice policies, and concludes about ILO's gender mainstreaming policy.

Keywords: women workers; entrepreneurship.; microenterprise; small enterprise; small scale industry.; enterprise creation; obstacle; globalization; poverty alleviation; institutional framework; government policy; gender mainstreaming; womens empowerment; role of ILO.; travailleuses; esprit d'entreprise; micro entreprise; petite entreprise; petite industrie; création d'entreprise; obstacle; mondialisation; lutte contre la pauvreté; cadre institutionnel; politique gouvernementale; intégration de la dimension de genre; autonomisation des femmes; rôle de l'OIT; trabajadoras; capacidad empresarial; microempresa; pequeña empresa; pequeña industria; creación de empresa; obstáculo; globalización; lucha contra la pobreza; organización institucional; política gubernamental; integración de los géneros; potenciación de las mujeres; papel de la OIT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 126 pages
Date: 2001
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