Support for growth-oriented, women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania : an overview report / by Lois Stevenson and Annette St-Onge
Published
Geneva : Programme on Boosting Employment through Small Enterprise Development, Job Creation and Enterprise Dept., International Labour Office ; Tunis : Private Sector Dept., African Development Bank, 2005
Cover; Copyright page; Foreword; Table of contents; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Part one Background; 1. Background and introduction; 2. Global interest in promoting women entrepreneurs; 3. The state of women's enterprise in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania; Part two Application of the Integrated Framework; 4. Identifying policy/programme measures to support WED; 5. Good practices in support of women entrepreneurs; 6. Conclusions; References; Annex 1: Background to the Canadian experience in promoting women entrepreneurs
Annex 2: Implementing the Integrated Framework -- the case of Atlantic CanadaAnnex 3: List of questions for assessing gaps and identifying further policy/programme measures in support of women's enterprise development; Annex 4: Summary of achievements of the AMINA programme; Annex 5: Economic indicators for Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Summary
Annotation The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support of women-owned businesses in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. This report provides background information on the ILO-AfDB country-level studies on growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. It discusses the growing global interest in the phenomenon and offers details on the methodology used in gathering information for the report as well as an overview of the situation facing women entrepreneurs in these countries. In addition, the report examines the application of integrated framework and identifies policy and programme measures in support of women entrepreneurs while also highlighting good practices and offering recommendations for further action
