Interesting post by Sarah Iqbal on gender over at the PSD Blog – The World Bank Group. She attempts to answer the complex question: Why don’t women rule the world?
Find out Sarah’s answer here.
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Interesting post by Sarah Iqbal on gender over at the PSD Blog – The World Bank Group. She attempts to answer the complex question: Why don’t women rule the world?
Find out Sarah’s answer here.
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I think that one of the best things that we from the developed world can do for the poor is to help cultivate an entrepreneurial environment for them.
That’s what Moses Lee says over at the NextBillion.net in his entry Are the Poor Really Entrepreneurial?
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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.
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Meet the bold, the fearless and the restless (and that includes YOU!). Women-owned firms comprise forty percent of all firms in the United States, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. They have implemented imaginative strategies to launch and expand their businesses,
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A recently released UPS Business Monitor United States survey (download the full report) finds that small business owners continue to be optimistic about their company’s financial future despite the lousy condition of the economy. According to the poll,
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Saturday, at Davos, was devoted to bringing rights of women to the main stage — finally. Read more here. And catch The Girl Effect on the right sidebar of our blog under the “Take A Look”
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The 11th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit will be held March 8-9, 2009 in Dubai, UAE. This premier gathering, organized by Datamatix on the occasion of International Women’s Day, will witness the coming together of global businesswomen,
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How can an entrepreneur or business owner prospect for global customers? What are some low-budget methods to source new business? How can one lower the barriers of language and cultural differences to reach people in foreign countries? How can technology be used to save on hard costs like travel, and soft costs like learning curve, in order to get to know the marketplace?
With the economy in a slump, new business can be risky business. Yet in spite of the uncertainty, many women feel cautiously optimistic about their business opportunities. About 58 percent of women business owners polled in the October 2008 Business Risk Survey expect revenues to grow in 2009.
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Businessses see opportunity in emerging markets for women, especially women entrepreneurs. Read more here.
World Bank is involved too.
Posted by : Laurel Delaney
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