Gender in Bolivian production [[electronic resource] ] : reducing differences in formality and productivity of firms

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (82 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.6/420820984
• Soggetto topico: Small business - Bolivia - Management - Sex differences; Women-owned business enterprises - Bolivia - Management; Informal sector (Economics) - Bolivia; Businesswomen - Bolivia; Sex discrimination against women - Bolivia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Men and Women in Bolivia's Informal Sector; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Gender, Formality, and Profitability; Gender-Specific Constraints to Productivity; Implications of Policies to Increase the Formalization and Productivity of Female Owners of Small and Micro Firms; References; Appendixes
• Sommario/riassunto: Bolivia's informal economic sector is the largest in Latin America, and women-owned businesses tend to be overrepresented in the informal sector and to be less profitable than firms in the formal sector. This study seeks to better understand gender-based differences in firms' tendencies toward formality, the impact of formality on profits, and the productivity of small informal firms. Using data from firm surveys, national household surveys, and qualitative data from focus groups, the study conducts a gender analysis of formality and productivity in six different sectors in Bolivia. The findin
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender in Bolivian production
• ISBN: 1-282-26770-1; 9786612267703; 0-8213-8016-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455419703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II