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Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED)

     

Photographs courtesy of Denny Herlambang Slamet, Sudipto Das, Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, Martin Edstrom and Russell Brott.

This page lists reports and publications related to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development. Suggestions for additions to this page are welcome at any time; click here to contact the DCED. The documents listed below have been divided according to four themes: 1) Overviews and Guidance on WED; 2) WED and the Business Environment; 3) WED and Business Development Services; 4) WED and other Value Chain programmes. Click on an entry to get a summary of the document and access to the document itself.

WED: Overviews, Tools and Guidance

(2009) Economic Empowerment of Women: Legal and Political Commitments. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ.
AfDB and ILO. (2009) Cairo Platform for the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Africa. Outcome  document.
ILO. (2008) GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise: Training Package and Resource Kit. Second edition.  Bangkok: ILO.
ILO. (2008) ILO Strategy on Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship Development. Geneva: ILO
ILO. (2009) ILO Tools for Women's Entrepreneurship Development. Geneva: ILO. Also in Spanish and French.
ILO. (2009) Women's Entrepreneurship Development Capacity Building Guide.
ILO. (2010) Overview of ILO Work to Promote WED. Presentation at DCED meeting, Geneva, Jan. 2010.
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.
VCCI and ILO. (2007) Women's Entrepreneurship Development in Vietnam. Geneva: ILO.

WED: Useful Websites

African Development Bank, African Women in Business (AWIB) Initiative
AusAID, Pacific Women in Private Sector Development: Diagnostic Reports
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 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)

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.

Bowman, Chakriya, Jozefina Cutura, Amanda Ellis and Clare Manuel. (2009) Women in Vanuatu: Analyzing Challenges to Economic Participation. Washington DC: World Bank Group.

Equality for Growth. (2009) Baseline Survey of Female Entrepreneurs in Temeke, Kinondoni and Ilala Districts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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.

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.

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.