A Business to Call Her Own: Identifying, Analyzing and Overcoming Constraints to Womens' Small Businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Date issued
Jul 2010
Subject
Economy;
Microbusiness;
Women
Category
Technical Notes
This study identifies key barriers to women's businesses globally and evaluates the degree to which they constrain women's business growth in Latin America. These barriers include a lack of access to financial products and services, risk aversion, social conventions, family responsibilities, education and training and technology.