Title
Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru
Date Issued
01 March 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
With millions of women around the developing world thrown into self-employment but with low productivity, increasing the profitability of their businesses is highly relevant for poverty reduction and gender equity. This study evaluates the impacts of a BDS program serving female microentrepreneurs in Lima using an experimental design, that included two treatment groups: One received only general training (GT), albeit more time-intense than previous studies, and delivered by experts, while the other received in addition technical assistance (TA). Results show the existence of room for efficiency gains and growth, as all treated showed increased sales revenues and self-reported adoption of recommended business practices. Those that received only GT showed positive but not significant effects early on, but the two treatment groups showed indistinguishable growth, above 15%, two years after the end of the treatment. Low take up of the training may suggest some space to improve recruitment and delivery of treatments.
Start page
33
End page
51
Volume
113
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Negocios, Administración
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84918505276
Source
Journal of Development Economics
ISSN of the container
03043878
Sponsor(s)
Funding for the implementation of the intervention and the impact evaluation study was provided by the Results Based Initiative (RBI) (P104970) jointly managed by The World Bank ( 7160978 and 7152577 ) and UNIFEM to promote women's economic empowerment. Additional funding for the study was provided by small grants from CAF ( 6655/09 ) and IDRC (Think Tank Initiative) ( 106141-002 ). However, the author retained full intellectual freedom throughout the study and to report the results.
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