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Title: Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Author(s): Seema Jayachandran

Publication Date: January 2020

Keyword(s): female entrepreneurship, Informal sector, Self-employment and small businesses

Programme Area(s): Development Economics and Labour Economics

Abstract: This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial services; the impacts of business training; barriers to hiring; and the distinction between self-employment by necessity and self-employment as a calling. The article devotes special attention to unique issues that arise with female entrepreneurship.

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Jayachandran, S. 2020. 'Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14368