female entrepreneurship

Digital marketplaces have the potential to eliminate gender gaps in prices and product quality. Evidence from Pakistan shows that while digital marketplaces may reduce discrimination in prices, women continue to face higher non-economic costs that ma...

Closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is not just a social equity issue—it is a powerful lever for economic growth. Evidence from India shows that women hire more women, and so efforts to boost female entrepreneurship will increase female labour...

Expanding professional networks for growth-oriented female entrepreneurs improved business outcomes such as innovation, business practices, and profits

Disbursing microfinance loans through mobile money accounts empowers female entrepreneurs to resist pressure to share loans with others