Do firms with majority female ownership differ from firms with minority female ownership or
male‐owned firms in terms of perceived constraints on accessing finance? Using World …

To what extent does unreliable electricity provision pervasive in many African countries
affect job creation in the region? I address this question by assembling household and firm …

This study synthesizes evidence on gender dimensions of small-and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) following the COVID-19 …

This study uncovers a gender labor productivity gap among informal firms in 14 developing
economies. The mean labor productivity of women-owned informal firms is approximately …

Digital information and communication technologies are recognized as vital tools for
empowering marginalized groups such as women in low income developing countries …

This paper investigates whether female-led firms in the Caribbean region are less
productive than their male-led counterparts. Whereas previous literature focused on female …

This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia,
with a focus on the gender dimension of employment and on the process of structural …

We explore the export performance of Africa's underperforming female entrepreneurs, using
the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel, a comprehensive dataset of manufacturing firms for 2011 …

Does the Gender of the Owner Affect the Productivity of Enterprises in India’s Informal
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Using a large dataset of Zimbabwean manufacturing firms extracted from the two waves of
World Bank Enterprise Surveys of 2011 and 2016, the study investigates the impact of …