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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific; 2.1. An Overview of Women's Entrepreneurship; a. What Is Women's Entrepreneurship?; b. Existing Literature on Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific; 2.2. Key Barriers to Women's Entrepreneurship; a. Limited Access to Markets; b. Lack of Access to Finance; c. Limited Information, Relevant Education, and Skills Training; d. Discriminatory Laws and Regulations; e. An Unfriendly Environment for Women, Including the Lack of Networks |
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F. Unpaid Caring Responsibilitiesg. Other Key Barriers; 2.3. Summary of Promising Approaches, Lessons, and What Does Not Work; a. Promising Methods for Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship; b. Lessons; c. Examples of What Not to Do; 3. Case Studies; 3.1. ADB Case Studies; a. Case Study #1 (First Approach): Enabling Women Entrepreneurs to Access Loans in Bangladesh: The Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Project |
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B. Case Study #2 (Second Approach): Creating an Ecosystem That Is Conducive to Women's Participation in the Private Sector: Policy-Based Lending in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Kyrgyz Republic, Armenia, and Kazakhstanc. Case Study #3 (Third Approach): Adopting a Regional Method for Empowering Women: The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative; 3.2. The Asia Foundation Case Studies; a. Empowering Migrant Women as Entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China: Opening New Doors with Existing Technology |
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B. Nurturing Women's Entrepreneurship in Mongolia through Sustained Comprehensive Services: The Women's Business Centerc. Expanding Access to Digital Financial Services for Women Entrepreneurs in viet Nam; d. Evidence-Based Programming to Enhance Women's Economic Participation in Bangladesh: Women's Economic Empowerment through Strengthening Market Systems; 3.3. Case Studies: Lessons; 4. Opportunities for Future Research and Programming on Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific; 4.1. Women-Friendly Business Models; 4.2. Assessing the Impact of Commercial Laws on Women |
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4.3. Insurance Protection for Women4.4. Pension Reform; 4.5. The Role of Procurement Policies in Advancing Women's Businesses; 4.6. Measuring Women's Entrepreneurship; 4.7. The Relationship among violence against Women, Sexual Harassment, and Entrepreneurship; 4.8. The Use of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Funding to Support Women Entrepreneurs |
| Notes |
October 2018 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed Feburary 13, 2019) |
| Subject |
Women-owned business enterprises -- Education -- Asia -- Case studies
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Women-owned business enterprises -- Education -- Pacific Area -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Asia.
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Pacific Area.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Asia Foundation.
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Asian Development Bank.
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| ISBN |
9789292613532 |
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9292613537 |
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