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What (Business) Women Want - Employing Surveys to Expand Our Knowledge About the State of Female Entrepreneurship in MENA Region

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dc.contributor.authorNiethammer, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorGharbi, Hela
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T12:31:22Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T12:31:22Z
dc.date.issued2007-10
dc.description.abstractWomen's entrepreneurship is increasingly recognized as an important factor for economic growth and private sector development. Yet across the world, little quantitative information on female-owned businesses is available to inform policymakers how to better support them or to provide assistance to the rising number of women's business associations that are looking to better serve their membership base. In 2005, International Finance Corporation (IFC) commissioned four country assessments on the state of women's entrepreneurship in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). These assessments filled an important knowledge gap and drew attention from female entrepreneurs, businesswomen's associations, policymakers, donors, and the media alike. Subsequently, IFC was approached by businesswomen's associations from other MENA countries to conduct surveys there as well. The request posed a challenge, as financing female entrepreneurship surveys in all 19 countries covered by IFC Private Enterprise Partnership (PEP)-MENA would not only be financially challenging but also require tremendous monitoring and supervision efforts.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/9890835/business-women-want-employing-surveys-expand-knowledge-state-female-entrepreneurship-mena-region
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10638
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10638
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIFC Smart Lessons Brief
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subjectADVISORY SERVICES
dc.subjectBUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENABLING
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS INFORMATION
dc.subjectBUSINESSES
dc.subjectBUSINESSWOMEN
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCHAMBER OF COMMERCE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEXPORT DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subjectFEMALE POPULATION
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER DIMENSION
dc.subjectGENDER IMBALANCES
dc.subjectHANDICRAFTS
dc.subjectLOAN
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMEDIUM ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectNETWORK OF WOMEN
dc.subjectNEWSLETTER
dc.subjectOUTREACH
dc.subjectPRESSURE GROUP
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPROFESSIONAL WOMEN
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectSUPERVISION
dc.subjectTIME ZONES
dc.subjectTRAINING WORKSHOP
dc.subjectTRAINING WORKSHOPS
dc.subjectUSAID
dc.subjectWOMEN BUSINESS OWNER
dc.subjectWOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS
dc.subjectWOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
dc.titleWhat (Business) Women Want - Employing Surveys to Expand Our Knowledge About the State of Female Entrepreneurship in MENA Regionen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:07:24.944701Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/9890835/business-women-want-employing-surveys-expand-knowledge-state-female-entrepreneurship-mena-region
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid174961468008444996
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20080929024406
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9890835
okr.identifier.report45663
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicRural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.topicRural Development
okr.unitGender Entrepreneurship Markets (CESGM)
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