Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED)

Introduction

This page lists reports and publications related to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development. The documents and links listed below have been divided into six themes:

1) Overviews, Tools and Guidance
2) Useful websites
3) Country Studies
4) WED and the Business Environment;
5) WED and Business Development Services
6) WED and other Value Chain programmes.

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WED: Overviews, Tools and Guidance

• AfDB and ILO. (2009) Cairo Platform for the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Africa. Outcome  document.
• GTZ (2009) Economic Empowerment of Women: Legal and Political Commitments. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ.
• ILO. (2008) GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise: Training Package and Resource Kit. Second edition. (ILO WED page)
• ILO. (2008) ILO Strategy on Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship Development. Geneva: ILO.  (ILO WED page)
• ILO. (2009) ILO Tools for Women's Entrepreneurship Development. Geneva: ILO. Also in Spanish and French. (ILO WED page)
• ILO. (2009) Women's Entrepreneurship Development Capacity Building Guide. Geneva: ILO. (ILO WED page)
• ILO. (2010) Overview of ILO Work to Promote WED. Presentation at DCED meeting, Geneva, Jan. 2010.
• OECD. (2011) Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment.
• SDC. (2001) Swisscontact Experience in Promoting Women-Owned SMEs. Bern: SDC.
• SDC. (2003) SDC Toolkit for Gender-Oriented Entrepreneurship. Bern: SDC.
• SDC. (2006) SDC Toolkit for Gender and Skills Development. Bern: SDC. Also in French and Spanish.
• Sida. (2009) Women's Economic Empowerment: Scope for Sida's Engagement. Working Paper.
• USAID. (2010) Gender Business Climate Legal and Institutional Reform tool.

WED: Useful Websites

• African Development Bank, African Women in Business (AWIB) Initiative
• AusAID, Pacific Women in Private Sector Development: Diagnostic Reports
• Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (supports women-owned SMEs in developing countries)
• FAO-IFAD-ILO Workshop on Gender and Rural Employment (several WED-related conference papers).
• GTZ, Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Rights - Economic Empowerment and Opening Up Markets
• IFC, Economic Opportunities for Women in the Pacific (investment climate assessments, video case studies).
• IFC, Women in Business Program.
• ILO, Women's Entrepreneurship Development (ILO-WED).
• UNDP, Women's Economic Empowerment
• USAID, Women in Development - Women's Economic Growth
• World Bank Group, Gender Action Plan (2007-2010)
• World Bank Group, Women, Business and the Law (database of  indicators of WED-related regulations by country, plus links 2,000+ legal provisions impacting women's  economic status)
• The World Bank, Web Portal on Gender in Agriculture
• Giving Women Economic Opportunity: World Bank Initiatives - World Bank and IFC Projects and Studies on Gender and Development

WED: Country Studies

• Bowman, Chakriya, Jozefina Cutura, Amanda Ellis and Clare Manuel. (2009) Women in Vanuatu: Analyzing Challenges to Economic Participation. Washington DC: World Bank Group.
• Ellis, Amanda et al. (2007) Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya: Unleashing the Power of Women. Washington DC: World Bank.
• Ellis, Amanda et al. (2007) Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women. Washington DC: World Bank.
• Ellis, Amanda et al. (2006) Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda: Unleashing the Power of Women. Washington DC: World Bank.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (2011): Women's economic empowerment ot foster food security. Case studies from developing countries.
• Solomon, D. (2010) Desk Review of Studies Conducted on Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. PSD Hub
• Spaeth, Brigitte, Jean Franco and Sam Raras. (2010) Enhancing Competitiveness through Gender Mainstreaming: The role and status of women and men in MSME development in the Philippines. Manila: GTZ.
• VCCI and ILO. (2007) Women's Entrepreneurship Development in Vietnam. Geneva: ILO. (ILO WED page)

WED and Business Environment Reform

• AfDB and ILO. (2007) Assessing the Enabling Environment for Women in Growth Enterprises: An AfDB/ILO Integrated Framework Assessment Guide. Geneva: ILO.(ILO WED page)
• Equality for Growth. (2009) Baseline Survey of Female Entrepreneurs in Temeke, Kinondoni and Ilala Districts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• Hampel-Milagros, Aimée. (2011) The Role of Regulation, Tradition and Gender in Doing Business: Case study and Survey Report on a Two-Year Research Project in Ghana. Bonn: German Development Institute.
• Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée. (2009) Gender Issues in Doing Business: An Analysis Using Case studies of Ghanaian Women Entrepreneurs. Bonn: German Development Institute.
• Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée and Judith Frickenstein. (2008) 'Taking the Women's Perspective: Gender Risks of Regulatory Reforms', Enterprise Development and Microfinance, Vol 19, Issue 3.
• IFC and FIAS. (2005) Gender and Growth Assessment for Uganda: A Gender Perspective on Legal and Administrative Barriers to Investment. World Bank Group.
• ILO. (2009) Assessing the Business Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship Development in the Kyrgyz Republic. Moscow: ILO. (ILO WED page)
• Langenkamp, A. (2007) Business Environment Reforms: A Call for Gender Responsive Donor Guidelines. Presentation at the DCED Conference on African and Global Lessons for More Effective Donor Practices, Accra, 7th November 2007.
• Nguyen, T. (2005) "Engendering" Private Sector Development: A Vietnam Case Study. Presentation at the Donor Committee Conference on Reforming the Business Environment, 29 November 2005.
• Pinder, C. (2005a) Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Enabling Environment for Growth and Investment. From the series 'Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment', Glasgow, UK: DFID.
• Pinder, C. (2005b) Enabling Environment Programmes: Assessing their Impact on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. Presentation at the Donor Committee Conference on Reforming the Business Environment, 29 November 2005.
• Simavi, Sevi, Clare Manuel and Mark Blackden. (2010) Gender Dimensions of Investment Climate Reform: A Guide for Policymakers and Practititioners. Washington DC: World Bank Group.
• USAID. (2009) Rwanda: Investing in the Empowerment of Women in Business. USAID.

WED and Value Chain Development

• Azfal, Fatimah. (2005) Shubinak- Romance versus Reality: A Case Study Based on AKRSP's Hand-made Woollen Fabric Producing Business Project.
• De Groot, T.U. (2007) Integrating Low-Income Women into Profitable Value Chains for Olive Oil in Morocco.Presentation at the First Regional Conference on Developing Service Markets and Value Chains, Jordan.
• Danida. (2010) Evaluation Study. Gender and Value Chain Development, Kopenhagen: The Danish Institute for International Studies.
• GTZ. (2009) Opportunities and Constraints in Agriculture: A gendered analysis of cocoa production in Southern Cameroon. One-Pager, Eschborn, Germany: GTZ.
• IIED. (2004) Liberalisation, Gender and Livelihoods: The Mozambique Cashew Nut Case. IIED.
• Mayoux, Linda and Granie Mackie. (2008) Making the Strongest Links: A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Gender Analysis in Value Chain Development. Addis Ababa: ILO.
• MEDA and ECDI Pakistan (2003-2007) Access to Contemporary Markets for Homebound Women Embroiderers in Pakistan, Semi-Annual Report series.
• MEDA and ECDI Pakistan. (2007) From Behind the Veil: Impact Assessment for Hand-Embroidered Garment Value Chain.

WED and Business Development Services

• CREEDA (2009) Vanuatu Women's Business Incubator: Feasibility Study.
• Esim, S. (2001) See How They Grow: Business Development Services for Women's Business Growth. Washington, DC:  International Center for Research on Women.
• Haight, Alison and Linda Jones. (2004) SEEP Online BDS and Gender Discussion Synthesis.
• MEDA and ECDI Pakistan. (2003) Assessing the Supply of BDS for Women's Medium and Small Enterprises in Pakistan.
• Voeten, J. (2002) Management Training Effects on Women Entrepreneurs who Own and Manage Micro and Small Enterprises. Maastricht: School of Management.