Entrepreneurship programs in developing countries: A meta regression analysis

Abstract

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Self-employment and poverty in developing countries

“…Entrepreneurship policies might also be worth pursuing [10]. But these four policy priorities hold particular promise and have demonstrated their effectiveness in a range of settings.…”

A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

“…demonstrate that one such multipronged approach, the ultrapoor Graduation Program implemented by the NGO BRAC, led to large increases in income, food security, and rates of savings. A recent meta-analysis also highlights the relative effectiveness of multifaceted entrepreneurship promotion programs (Cho and Honorati 2014).…”

Women’s economic capacity and children’s human capital accumulation

“…Reggio (2011) argues that, in Mexico, female children's participation in work is negatively associated with women's bargaining power. 5 Examples for multiple countries can be found in Banerjee et al (2015), Cho and Honorati (2014), and McKenzie and Woodruff (2014). 6 Theoretically, additional capital provided to the household might be a gross substitute for children's time in the production function and hence reduce the marginal productivity of child work.…”

“…Hatzimasoura, Premand and Vakis (2017) provide a more extensive discussion of the effect of the program on households and adult women's outcomes, the primary output of the overall study. 8 See, among others, Cho and Honorati (2014), Woodruff (2014), andTodd (2012). 6 interventions tackle capital constraints and are targeted to poor and vulnerable groups.…”