 | Women Entrepreneurs in Africa: Experience from Selected Countries (UNCTAD, 2000, 91 p.) |
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| | Note |
| | Foreword |
| | Explanatory notes |
| | I. Overview |
|  | II. Women entrepreneurs in least developed countries: Profile, problems and policies |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. Introduction |
| | (introduction...) |
| | 1. Project implementation |
| | B. Profile of the typical woman entrepreneur |
| | (introduction...) |
| | 1. Entrepreneurial initiative and sector |
| | 2. Business structures |
| | 3. Size of women's enterprises |
| | 4. Start-up capital |
| | 5. Business development services |
| | 6. Markets |
| | 7. Other findings from the survey |
| | C. Problems: Major obstacles faced by women entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprises |
| | 1. The economic environment in LDCs |
| | 2. Obstacles to enterprise development |
| | 3. Obstacles as identified by women entrepreneurs |
| | 4. Obstacles to women's entrepreneurship identified by NGOs and business development services |
| | D. Policies: Impact on enhancing women's entrepreneurship |
| | E. Conclusions: Enhancing women's entrepreneurship |
| | 1. The legal environment |
| | 2. Women's enterprises, smallest enterprises |
| | 3. Major obstacles |
| | 4. Support programmes |
| | 5. Women's enterprises: Policy gaps |
| | References |
| | III. Challenges faced by women in industrial development |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. UNIDO research on enterprise development by women in selected African countries |
| | 1. Methodology |
| | 2. Problems encountered by women: Background |
| | 3. Impact of the legal and policy framework |
| | 4. Impact of socio-cultural issues |
| | 5. Impact of support services |
| | 6. Impact of organization and networking |
| | B. Conclusions |
| | (introduction...) |
| | 1. Policies and strategies |
| | 2. Institutional support |
| | 3. Organization/networking |
| | C. UNIDO's response to challenges faced by women in industry |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. UNIDO Programme on Women's Entrepreneurship Development |
| | References |
| | IV. Enhancing women's entrepreneurship in African LDCs: The Ouagadougou Programme for Action |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. Policy environment |
| | B. Legal environment |
| | C. Business development services |
| | D. Networking |
| | E. Industrial development |
| | V. Major programmes for women's entrepreneurship development |
| | A. UNCTAD's programme of activities for women's participation in SME development |
| | B. Enhancing the participation of women entrepreneurs in LDCs economies |
| | C. The Entrepreneurship Development Programme |
| | D. Innovation and enterprise development |
| | E. Commodity production and trade diversification through Asian-African partnership |
| | VI. UNIDO Programme for Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) |
| | (introduction...) |
| | A. The fundamental principles of UNIDO WED programmes |
| | B. UNIDO's strategy for technical cooperation and promotion of WED |
| | C. Interaction between a WED project and an integrated programme |
| | About this publication |
| | Readership survey |
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