Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

 
Developing Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia:
Issues, Initiatives and Experiences (ST/ESCAP/2401)


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Introduction

Conceptual framework

Profile of women entrepreneurs

Impediments for women entrepreneurship

International case studies: some lessons

Main initiatives by public and private partners in South Asia
and policy gaps

Recommendations

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Last updated: 19 January 2006