Women Entrepreneurs in the Developing World

What does it take to make a successful female entrepreneur in the developing world? If any entity can come up with an answer, it is The World Bank and part of the solution is that women need a relatively effective way to save money.

More can be found on this topic via a new paper (PDF file available for immediate download) Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development that reports on the results of an experiment in Kenya that provided zero-interest savings accounts to village microentreprenuers.

And visit the Private Sector Development Blog through The World Bank.

Posted by: Laurel Delaney