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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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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One of our very own WEGG contributors, Steve King, is quoted in this U.S. News and World Report article, “Best Small Businesses To Start,” The article is authored by one of our favorite entrepreneurial reporters: Matthew Bandyk. Here’s the part on globalization:
Another trend is globalization.
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Here’s an open letter to President-elect Obama (and a few of the authors’ companies are featured in the right sidebar of WEGG):
We are calling on you to be the President who ushers in the time of women. Our vision of the future is one in which women and men are equal partners,
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According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the number of female company heads in Russia more than doubled compared to last year. And the number of women who own their own businesses is also growing. It appears Russian women are at the forefront when it comes to going into business on their own.
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In Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy (PDF file), Susanne Jalbert explores the current literature concerning women business owners, explores the role of women entrepreneurs in a global economy, examines how women’s business associations can strengthen women’s position in business and international trade,
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According to the “Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2006-2007 National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States of America,” conducted by
Babson College and Baruch College, while U.S. entrepreneurship was 50% higher than the average of all other high-income (GEM) countries and equals the rate in low-and middle-income (GEM) countries,
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In mid-November, the World Bank Group released a database of laws that entail differential treatment of women and men in business called the Gender Law Library.
The Doing Business Gender Law Library is a collection of national legal provisions impacting women’s economic status in 181 economies.
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Goldman Sachs, gets it, at least on how important it is for companies to help women entrepreneurs expand their businesses globally. In a research report earlier this year, Goldman estimated the following:
That improving female education in the BRIC nations (Brazil,
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