03428oam 22007455 450 991082474480332120230207225720.00-8213-7496-610.1596/978-0-8213-7495-5(CKB)1000000000537667(EBL)459377(OCoLC)568046964(SSID)ssj0000086605(PQKBManifestationID)11113027(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086605(PQKBWorkID)10031137(PQKB)10076379(MiAaPQ)EBC459377(Au-PeEL)EBL459377(CaPaEBR)ebr10237216(The World Bank)2008002702(US-djbf)15149621(EXLCZ)99100000000053766720080122d2008 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa / Nadereh Chamlou.Washington, D.C. :World Bank,c2008.xxii, 94 pages illustrations ;26 cmOrientation in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7495-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90) and index.Contents; Appendixes; Tables; Figures; Box; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; CHAPTER 1 The Middle East's Economic Challenges; CHAPTER 2 Female-Owned Firms Defy the Expected; CHAPTER 3 Investment Climate Barriers to Female-Owned Firms; CHAPTER 4 Is It More Difficult to Start Female-Owned Firms?; CHAPTER 5 How to Boost Female Entrepreneurship; References and Other ResourcesThe commonly held perception is that businesses owned by women in the Middle East and North Africa are small and informal, that they're less sophisticated, and that they're huddled in low-value-added sectors. In fact, as The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa shows, there is very little difference between mail- and female-owned firms. Female-owned firms in the region are as well-established, productive, technologically savvy, and connected to global markets as male-owned firms. Although there are many similar characteristics and performance levels betwWorld Bank e-Library.Public opinionAfrica, NorthPublic opinionMiddle EastSelf-employed womenAfrica, NorthPublic opinionSelf-employed womenMiddle EastPublic opinionSocial valuesAfrica, NorthSocial valuesMiddle EastWorkAfrica, NorthPublic opinionWorkMiddle EastPublic opinionPublic opinionPublic opinionSelf-employed womenPublic opinion.Self-employed womenPublic opinion.Social valuesSocial valuesWorkPublic opinion.WorkPublic opinion.338.040820956Chamlou Nadereh1956-1648454World Bank.DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910824744803321The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa3996590UNINA