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Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits : Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India's Informal Sector

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dc.contributor.authorKanbur, Ravi
dc.contributor.authorGhani, Ejaz
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, Stephen D.
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-27T19:24:52Z
dc.date.available2013-09-27T19:24:52Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration benefits, gender and informality. Focusing on the important policy objective of new enterprise creation in the informal sector, it asks and answers four specific questions on the impact of urbanization and gender. It finds that (i) the effect of market access to inputs, on creation of new enterprises in the informal sector, is greater in more urbanized areas; (ii) This "urbanization gradient" also exists separately for the creation of female owned enterprises and male owned enterprises; (iii) there is a differential impact of female specific market access compared to male specific market access, on female owned enterprise creation in the informal sector ; and (iv) gender specific market access to inputs matters equally in more or less urbanized areas. Among the policy implications of these findings are that (i) new enterprise creation by females can be encouraged by urbanization, but (ii) the effect can be stronger by improving female specific market access, especially to inputs. The analysis in this paper opens up a rich research agenda, including further investigation of the nature of input based versus output based perspectives on agglomeration benefits, and exploration of policy instruments that can improve female specific market access, which is shown to increase female owned enterprise creation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18066755/urbanization-agglomeration-benefits-gender-differentiated-impacts-enterprise-creation-indias-informal-sector
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6553
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15918
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.6553
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subjectFASHION
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFIRMS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLARGE ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectLOCAL INPUT
dc.subjectLOCAL MARKET
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMICRODATA
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRETURN
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSEES
dc.subjectSIZE OF ENTERPRISE
dc.subjectSUPPLIERS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.titleUrbanization and Agglomeration Benefits : Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India's Informal Sectoren
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleUrbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India's Informal Sector
okr.date.disclosure2013-08-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:02:07.791528Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18066755/urbanization-agglomeration-benefits-gender-differentiated-impacts-enterprise-creation-indias-informal-sector
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid245001468040574027
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6553
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20130801135257
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18066755
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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