Female Entrepreneurship, Access to Credit, and Firms’ Productivity in Senegal

Seck, Abdoulaye; Araar, Abdelkrim; Camara, Karamoko; Diallo, Fatoumata L.; Diop, N.; Fall, Founty Alassane

doi:10.1080/15228916.2020.1826859

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“…Low-income women are still confined to the informal economy when compared with their male counterparts (de Snifei, 2022;Seck et al, 2022). This reality is not different in sub-Saharan Africa.…”

Section: Financial Inclusion and Low-income Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Senegal, despite a recent increase in the share of female-owned existing and new startup firms, female entrepreneurs perceive discrimination in the credit market. (Seck et al, 2022).…”

Section: Discrimination Of Women In the Financial Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The gender gap in the ownership and usage of bank accounts, savings and borrowing behaviour, especially in developing countries and rural areas, persists (Demirgüç‐Kunt et al, 2013; Dia & Benga, 2016), as low‐income women face many obstacles in securing access to financial services (Demirgüç‐Kunt et al, 2013; Mndolwa & Alhassan, 2020). Low‐income women are still confined to the informal economy when compared with their male counterparts (de Snifei, 2022; Seck et al, 2022).…”

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Neighbourhood social capital, account usage and savings behaviour in low‐income countries: Field experimental evidence from Senegal

Behr¹,

Jacob

2023

J of Intl Development

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Financial inclusion is an important driver of economic growth, but gender gaps persist in financial activity, especially in low‐income countries. This study analyses the impact of text messages that make salient neighbours' savings behaviour on account usage and savings behaviour of low‐income men and women in Senegal. We performed a randomized field experiment in which 2056 clients of a local financial institution were assigned to one of three experimental conditions. We found gender differences in how these text messages impact savings and account usage. Account usage, account activity and average savings balances of female clients who received weekly savings reminders making their neighbours' savings behaviour salient increased compared to those who received generic savings reminders and those who received no savings reminders. The treatment had no impact on male clients. These results suggest that content‐specific text message reminders can create benefits for both the supply and demand side of financial services for women in low‐income countries, thereby increasing financial inclusion.

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Section: Financial Inclusion and Low-income Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Senegal, despite a recent increase in the share of female-owned existing and new startup firms, female entrepreneurs perceive discrimination in the credit market. (Seck et al, 2022).…”

Section: Discrimination Of Women In the Financial Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Neighbourhood social capital, account usage and savings behaviour in low‐income countries: Field experimental evidence from Senegal

Behr¹,

Jacob

2023

J of Intl Development

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Challenges for the New Generation of Female Entrepreneurs: An Assessment of the Studies

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SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration

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Knowledge mapping of entrepreneurship research during COVID-19 and forecasting research directions for the post-pandemic era

Duan

2023

AJIM

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PurposeThe COVID-19 crisis has adversely affected entrepreneurs, innovators and their ventures and, arguably, entrepreneurship research. This study aims to map the knowledge of entrepreneurship research during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide evidence of literature evolution in the field with the purpose of supporting future decision-making for policymakers, academics and practitioners in the post-COVID-19 era.Design/methodology/approachThe study examines various bibliometric and scientometric indicators of entrepreneurship research in the Web of Science database using bibliometric techniques and visualization tools. Using the information gained, the scientometrics of entrepreneurship research during the COVID-19 time slice (2020–02-12 to 2022–10-15) are synthesized and comprehensively presented, and future research avenues for the post-COVID-19 era are suggested.FindingsThe results of rigorous quantitative analyses show that entrepreneurship research activities were not disrupted by COVID-19, although entrepreneurial activities themselves were impacted worldwide. In addition to providing key insights into the research field, including the most relevant keywords, keyword co-occurrences, publication sources, countries' contribution and collaboration, and source co-citations, the conceptual structural analysis separates the current trends (hotspots) into ten themes. Based on the evolution of author keywords and research themes, the study identified numerous future research directions, including 1) entrepreneurship in emerging countries, 2) firm performance in different categories of enterprises, 3) immigrants and transnational entrepreneurs, 4) technology in entrepreneurship education and 5) the impact of COVID-19 on the entrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurship.Research limitations/implicationsBy building firm foundations for advancing the field in innovative and systematic ways, this timely study contributes to entrepreneurship literature and facilitates the understanding of the features and structures of entrepreneurship research towards the end of the pandemic. The research also has important implications for research management and entrepreneurship policymaking. The study's main limitation is that the results can only represent the time slice between 2020-02-12 and 2022-10-15.Practical implicationsPolicymakers and managers of research and development can utilize this research to prepare a crisis-related minimization handbook in advance.Originality/valueThis first data mapping and thematic analysis research for entrepreneurship during the period of COVID-19 provides the latest knowledge in the field at the beginning of the end of the pandemic. It empowers scholars by 1) providing a one-stop literature overview for this global crisis time slice, 2) identifying research focuses and gaps, 3) developing new research avenues for investigation and 4) contributing conceptual structure for specific entrepreneurship research projects.

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Female Entrepreneurship, Access to Credit, and Firms’ Productivity in Senegal

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Neighbourhood social capital, account usage and savings behaviour in low‐income countries: Field experimental evidence from Senegal

Neighbourhood social capital, account usage and savings behaviour in low‐income countries: Field experimental evidence from Senegal

Challenges for the New Generation of Female Entrepreneurs: An Assessment of the Studies

Knowledge mapping of entrepreneurship research during COVID-19 and forecasting research directions for the post-pandemic era

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