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Profiting from Parity: Unlocking the Potential of Women's Business in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-20T15:44:21Z
dc.date.available2019-03-20T15:44:21Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-19
dc.description.abstractSub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, with approximately 42 percent of the non-agricultural labor force classified as self-employed or employers. Yet most entrepreneurs are unable to grow their businesses beyond small-scale subsistence operations, impeding their contribution to poverty reduction and shared prosperity. This is particularly so for women. This new report, “Profiting from Parity: Unlocking the Potential of Women’s Businesses in Africa”, produced by the World Bank Group’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab and the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, seeks to focus attention on the challenges that Africa’s women entrepreneurs face and identify practical solutions. The report draws on new, high-quality, household and firm level data to present the clearest evidence to date about the barriers to growth and profitability faced by women entrepreneurs. It goes beyond looking at contextual, endowment and household restrictions in isolation, and, through deep-dive analysis, uncovers new evidence on how social norms, networks and household-level decision making contribute to business performance. It analyzes how they are linked to each other and to women’s strategic business decisions. The report offers policy makers evidence based guidance on designing programs to target multiple obstacles and improve the performance of women entrepreneurs.en
dc.description.abstractLe développement des entreprises est un moteur essentiel de la croissance économique et de la création d’emploi. Sans l’entrepreneuriat, il y aurait peu d’innovation, peu de croissance de la productivité et peu de nouveaux emplois. Plus des trois quarts de la population africaine estiment que les entrepreneurs sont admirés au sein de leur société. L’entrepreneuriat est également considéré par 76 % des Africains comme un bon choix de carrière. Il s’agit du taux le plus élevé du monde. La promotion de l’égalité hommes-femmes est un choix économique judicieux, une bonne pratique de gestion pour les entreprises et doit être au coeur des politiques de développement. Lorsque les femmes ont les mêmes chances que les hommes de prendre leur destin en main, de contribuer à l’économie de leur foyer, de leurs communautés et de leurs pays, la productivité, les résultats de développement et la performance des entreprises et des institutions ne s’en portent que mieux.fr
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501971553025918098/Full-Report
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31421
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectFIRM PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectSKILLS GAP
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectWOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleProfiting from Parityen
dc.titleLes Bénéfices de la Paritéfr
dc.title.subtitleUnlocking the Potential of Women's Business in Africaen
dc.title.subtitleLibérons le Potentiel de L'entrepreneuriat Féminin en Afriquefr
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleProfiting from Parity
okr.date.disclosure2019-03-19
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501971553025918098/Full-Report
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okr.guid501971553025918098
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/31421
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b086aa8155_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30915060
okr.identifier.report135420
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.language.supportedfr
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/501971553025918098/pdf/135420-ProfitingfromParityFullReport.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Equity and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Enterprise Development & Reform
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Microenterprises
okr.unitGender Impact Evaluation (AFRGI)
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