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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463855703321

Titolo

Entrepreneurship in Latin America : a step up the social ladder? / / edited by Eduardo Lora and Francesca Castellani, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4648-0009-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Latin American development forum series

Altri autori (Persone)

LoraEduardo

CastellaniFrancesca

Disciplina

338/.04098

Soggetti

Economic development - Latin America

Entrepreneurship - Social aspects - Latin America

Social mobility - Latin America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Overview -- part II. International comparisons and country studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at both the potential and limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. Who are the region's entrepreneurs? They tend to be middle-aged males with secondary and, often, tertiary education who represent only a small segment of the economically-active population in the six countries considered in this book. They come from families in which a parent is, or was, an entrepreneur. In fact, a parent's occupation is more important in the decision to become an entrepreneur than a parent's wealth, income or