Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? A quantitative review
Global

Bringing young people into productive work is a key labor market challenge in both developing and...

Employment
Labour
Public policies
Youth
Youth unemployment
Inclusion in entrepreneurship, especially of women, youth and unemployed: status and an agenda for research in Middle East and North Africa
Regional

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a desire to include more people in entrepreneurship...

Public policies
SMEs
Unemployment
Women
Youth
New Mindset, Increased Profits: Lessons from an Innovative Entrepreneurial Training in Togo
Regional

Research has shown that traditional business training does not often increase profits of small...

Entrepreneurs
Innovation
Skills
SMEs
Youth
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Regional

This contributed volume explores and reveals the dynamics, strengths and weaknesses, trends and...

Economy
Entrepreneurs
Financing
Public policies
Youth unemployment
Do entrepreneurship policies work? Evidence from 460 start-up program competitions across the globe
Global

Many organizations around the world implement programs designed to encourage entrepreneurship...

Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
SMEs
Startups
Youth
Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges
Global

The contribution of entrepreneurial businesses to economic growth is an often debated topic among...

Economy
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Innovation
Startups
Identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship: Experimental evidence from a business plan competition
Regional

Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than ten workers, with a modal size of one. Are...

Competition
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
Sustainability
The Relationship between the Arab Spring Revolutions and Entrepreneurial Inhibitors, Enablers, and Activity in North Africa
Egypt, Tunisia, Regional

The purpose of this chapter is to detail the impact of the Arab Spring Revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt...

Arab Spring
Economy
Entrepreneurs
Public policies
Supporting Self-Employment and Small-Scale Entrepreneurship : Potential Programs to Improve Livelihoods for Vulnerable Workers
Global

Worldwide, around 55 percent of workers are self-employed, and about three-quarters of these are...

Earnings
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
Value chains
Entrepreneurs and their impact on jobs and economic growth
Global

Entrepreneurs, creators of new firms, are a rare species. Even in innovation-driven economies, only...

Economy
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Growth
Jobs