This chapter reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship (“
microentrepreneurship”) in low-income countries. Major topics in the literature include the …

Africa's rural population continues to expand rapidly, and labor productivity in agriculture
and many rural-off farm activities remains low. This review uses the lens of a dual economy …

A review of rigorous evaluations of interventions that seek to empower women economically
shows that the same class of interventions has significantly different outcomes depending on …

The previous literature documents that female-owned businesses are less profitable than
male-owned businesses, including microenterprises that make up the majority of firms in …

Off-farm income constitutes a substantial share of the household livelihood portfolios across
Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off …

We explore potential causes for the well-documented profit gap between male-and female-
owned microenterprises in low-income countries. We use rich data from an ongoing field …

Purpose This paper aims to encapsulate the gendered support and hindering factors along
with the role of the state experienced by Delhi-based women entrepreneurs in setting …

This article provides evidence of the immediate impacts of the first months of the COVID‐19
crisis on farming communities in central Myanmar using baseline data from January 2020 …

This article considers market-level contributors to the well-documented gender profit gap
among micro-entrepreneurs. We combine data from a garment-making firm census and …

Abstract Papua New Guinea is an economic leader in the Pacific region via its extractive
resources. However, these industries do not provide employment opportunities for the …