Social entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa
Regional

This chapter focuses attention upon the emerging debates, research agenda and opportunities for...

Entrepreneurs
MSMEs
SMEs
Social entrepreneurship
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
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
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
Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta Regression Analysis
Global

This paper provides a synthetic and systematic review on the effectiveness of various...

Economy
Entrepreneurs
Impact evaluations
Meta analysis
Public policies