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A mechanism for economic development and empowerment

Latin America and the Caribbean has one of the highest rates of female entrepreneurship in the world. However, female entrepreneurs face higher barriers than their male counterparts due to: the difficulty of getting access to networks and markets for their products, the difficulty of getting access to training and services for business development, lack of familiarity with commercial credit facilities (which leads to greater risk aversion and a dependence on informal sources of financing), lower-value assets (which gives rise to higher collateral requirements), and their primary role in household care. Additionally, women entrepreneurs are concentrated mainly in micro and small enterprises in sectors such as trade, services, and manufacturing and they have low representation in high-productivity sectors or STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). How can we move forward on this agenda? Use our GDLab investigations search tool to learn more.

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Research Finder

  • Género y comercio: Una relación a distintas velocidades
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship, Labor
    2020, LAC, Spanish
  • Encuesta de inclusión financiera con perspectiva de género: Propuesta conceptual
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship, Measurement
    2020, Colombia, LAC, Mexico, Peru, Spanish
  • wX Insights 2020: The Rise of Women STEMpreneurs: A Study on Women Entrepreneurs in STEM in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship, CTIM
    2020, LAC, English, Spanish
  • The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship
    2020, Caribbean, English
  • De mal gusto: Discriminación de género en el mercado de créditos de consumo
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship
    2020, Chile, English, Spanish
  • Género y acceso al financiamiento empresario en Argentina
    Gender
    Entrepreneurship
    2020, Argentina, Spanish

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