Self-Employment in the Developing World

Gindling, T. H.; Newhouse, David

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.003

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“…Utilizing a randomized experiment, Mano et al (2012) find that in Ghana basiclevel management training improved business practices and performance. Gindling and Newhouse (2014) document that in low-income countries, effective targeting of training programmes to the self-employed with higher growth potential is important. It is, however, noteworthy that the 7 positive impacts on both labour market and business outcomes are found to be significantly higher for youth than for adults (Cho and Honorati 2014).…”

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Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland

2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme from the governments of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Terms of use: Documents inThe World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) was established by the United Nations University (UNU) as its first research and training centre and started work in Helsinki, Finland in 1985. The Institute undertakes applied research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the developing and transitional economies, provides a forum for the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable and environmentally sustainable growth, and promotes capacity strengthening and training in the field of economic and social policy-making. Work is carried out by staff researchers and visiting scholars in Helsinki and through networks of collaborating scholars and institutions around the world.UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, 00160 Helsinki, Finland, wider.unu.eduThe views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s). Publication does not imply endorsement by the Institute or the United Nations University, nor by the programme/project sponsors, of any of the views expressed. Abstract:The shortages of entrepreneurial skills have lowered search effectiveness of potential young entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. Our paper contributes to closing the gap in the entrepreneurship and development literature with a model of costly firm creation and skill differences between young and adult entrepreneurs. The model shows that for young entrepreneurs facing high costs of searching for business opportunities, support for training is more effective in stimulating productive start-ups than subsidies. The case for interventions targeted at youth rises in societies with high costs of youth unemployment. We test the role of skills and training for productive youth entrepreneurship on data from a recent survey of entrepreneurs in Swaziland.

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Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland

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“…In developing countries like Pakistan, the number of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) is far higher (Aslam, 2013). Such kind of industrial setup is common amongst developing economies like Pakistan, where micro and small enterprises cover major businesses in the economy and provide employment to a large number of work force (Gindling & Newhouse, 2014). These kind of enterprises are common in both rural and urban areas (Ali, 2013).…”

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Microfinance and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: Does Training have an Impact

Haider¹,

Asad

Fatima³

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2 indicators of MSEs who owners have been given training against those whose owners have never been given any kind of training. In order to conduct study survey research has been conducted and a sample of 384 MSEs was selected on simple random basis. The findings revealed that all the performance indicators including sales increase, income increase, assets increase, employment increase, and meeting household expenses have shown a significant difference among the two groups. The findings of the study are very important for the policy makers and the people who are involved in microfinance industry.

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“…While these remain relevant, in developing countries, increasing attention is being paid to the role of labor policies that aim to reduce constraints and enhance productivity among the self employed and small scale entrepreneurs. 1 This is particularly pressing in developing countries where wage and salary employment is limited and the majority of jobs are created and operated in self employment (Haltiwanger et al, 2010;Ayyagari et al, 2011;Gindling and Newhouse, 2012). The demographic pressure, including youth bulge in many countries in Africa and South Asia, adds urgency to creating more jobs and provides a justification of entrepreneurship promotion to absorb the large inflow of workers.…”

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