02782oam 22006615 450 991082028570332120240402013626.01-4648-0009-X10.1596/978-1-4648-0008-5(CKB)2670000000494375(EBL)1578333(SSID)ssj0001060914(PQKBManifestationID)12418363(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060914(PQKBWorkID)11088315(PQKB)10773763(MiAaPQ)EBC1578333(Au-PeEL)EBL1578333(CaPaEBR)ebr10816205(CaONFJC)MIL550640(OCoLC)884543253(The World Bank)17949664(US-djbf)17949664(EXLCZ)99267000000049437520131121d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEntrepreneurship in Latin America a step up the social ladder? /Eduardo Lora and Francesca Castellani, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,[2013]1 online resource (pages cm)Latin American development forum series"A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank."1-4648-0008-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Overview -- part II. International comparisons and country studies.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 orWorld Bank e-Library.Economic developmentLatin AmericaEntrepreneurshipSocial aspectsLatin AmericaSocial mobilityLatin AmericaEconomic developmentEntrepreneurshipSocial aspectsSocial mobility338/.04098Lora Eduardo1597495Castellani Francesca40075World Bank.Inter-American Development Bank.DLCDLCBOOK9910820285703321Entrepreneurship in Latin America4101839UNINA