The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region

What holds women back from entrepreneurship in the NOrth Africa and Middle East region?

By: N Chamlou
Published by: World Bank, 2008
Via: Eldis

Despite a commonly-held perception that women-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are small, informal and low-tech, this study demonstrates that there is, in fact, little difference between female-owned and male-owned firms. This study aims to analyse gender-specific barriers that exist across the region or within countries and identifies factors outside the business environment that affect women’s entrepreneurship.

(http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/Environment_for_Womens
_Entrepreneurship_in_MNA_final.pdf)