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Top Policy Lessons from Africa Gender Innovation Lab Research

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-10T14:41:50Z
dc.date.available2017-10-10T14:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.description.abstractThe study in Togo reveals that psychology-based entrepreneur training (personal initiative training) increases firm profits by 30 percent, compared to a statistically insignificant increase for traditional business training. Personal initiative training was particularly effective for female-owned businesses, who saw their profits increase by 40 percent, compared to no impact from traditional business training. Getting more women into traditionally male-dominated sectors of the economy could boost the incomes of women entrepreneurs and their households. Our study in Ethiopia revealed that firms owned by women who cross over into male-dominated sectors are two times more profitable than firms owned by women who remain in traditionally female sectors, and they are just as profitable as businesses owned by men. Women are more likely to cross-over when parents and husbands support them and when they have access to information on the higher earnings potential in male-dominated sectors.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/391921507319043537/Top-policy-lessons-from-Africa-Gender-Innovation-Lab-research
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/28480
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28480
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTEACHER INITIATIVE
dc.subjectWOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectLIFE SKILLS
dc.subjectADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectICT
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL LITERACY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectNONCOGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.titleTop Policy Lessons from Africa Gender Innovation Lab Researchen
dc.typeBriefen
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dc.typeResumenes
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okr.crossref.titleTop Policy Lessons from Africa Gender Innovation Lab Research
okr.date.disclosure2017-10-06
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/391921507319043537/Top-policy-lessons-from-Africa-Gender-Innovation-Lab-research
okr.guid951811510724455798
okr.guid391921507319043537
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/28480
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08552e52c_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum28034147
okr.identifier.report120303
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/391921507319043537/pdf/120303-BRI-PUBLIC-GIL-TPL-with-links.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.unitGlobal Theme Department - Gender (GTGDR)
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