Despite the popularity of business training among policy-makers, its use has faced
increasing scepticism. Most of the first randomized experiments could not detect statistically …

Many small firms lack the finance and marketing skills needed for growth. A standard
approach is to train the entrepreneur in these skills. However, rather than requiring …

VoxDevLits are wiki-inspired literature reviews that aim to summarise the evidence base on
narrowly defined topics related to development economics. Each Lit is written by a …

La alta informalidad de la economía ha dificultado medir la inclusión financiera empresarial,
especialmente en el segmento de los micronegocios. Para avanzar en este frente, se utilizó …

Previous literature shows minor impacts of in-person business training in developing
countries, but few papers study the effectiveness of digital training. A research partnership …

Small firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. A standard
approach aimed at improving start-up, survival, and growth entails training the entrepreneur …

There is growing evidence that business training for micro-entrepreneurs can be effective.
However, in-person training can be expensive and imposes costs on the target …

We examine the impact of providing access to mobile savings accounts and improving
financial management skills on the performance of microenterprises in Mozambique. The …

Ouafaa Hmaddi is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon and will join the City
University of New York as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Management. She …

We assess the potential of digital technologies in supporting business activity in
underserved regions by investigating the responses of small entrepreneurs in those regions …