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By Nadereh Chamlou

ISBN-10: 0821374958

ISBN-13: 9780821374955

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The widely held conception is that companies owned by means of ladies within the center East and North Africa are small and casual, that they re much less subtle, and they re huddled in low-value-added sectors. in truth, because the surroundings for ladies s Entrepreneurship within the center East and North Africa exhibits, there's little or no distinction among mail- and female-owned agencies. Female-owned businesses within the sector are as well-established, effective, technologically savvy, and hooked up to worldwide markets as male-owned companies. even supposing there are various comparable features and function degrees among male- and female-owned enterprises within the quarter, the e-book notes that girls s entrepreneurship isn t attaining its strength, regardless of an funding weather that's less gendered than suspected. With an important raise in girls s schooling point in eleven out of 18 international locations within the area girls outnumber males in universities and the powerful fiscal rights ladies have in Islam, ladies s entrepreneurship can develop into a much higher engine for progress and diversification than anticipated long ago. This strength should be exploited vigorously. Reforming the funding weather to learn all avid gamers is one very important motion. the second one will be to take away or mitigate hurdles to their fiscal and social empowerment.

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West Bank and Gaza Rep. of Yemen female-owned firms Source: Staff estimates based on Enterprise Survey data. Note: Data refer to the percentage of enterprises increasing or decreasing their workforces between 2001 and 2000. Data for the West Bank and Gaza refer to 2001 and 1999. The upper point of each bar reports the percentage of firms that increased their workforces, and the percentage of firms decreasing their workforces is reported by the lower point. higher proportion of female-owned enterprises that reduced their workforces.

Large firms are also better able to access technology and benefit from economies of scale. Larger firms can attract a more skilled workforce because they can often pay higher salaries and provide greater job security. So, the fact that male- and female-owned firms in the region have similar size and age distributions indicates that these factors do not explain why there are not more femaleowned firms. 1 Distribution of Male- and Female-Owned Firms, by Size and Average Years of Experience Country Egypt, Arab Rep.

So, the fact that male- and female-owned firms in the region have similar size and age distributions indicates that these factors do not explain why there are not more femaleowned firms. 1 Distribution of Male- and Female-Owned Firms, by Size and Average Years of Experience Country Egypt, Arab Rep. of Jordan Lebanon Morocco Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Rep. West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. 8 Source: World Bank Enterprise Survey data, 2003–06. established, seem to be at least as able as male-owned firms to stay in the market, become more experienced, and grow.

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