Women Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation

Understanding the Economic and Socio-cultural Context of the Igbo Women’s Basket Weaving Enterprise in Nigeria

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21737535
AutoresUgochukwu Chinonso Okolie (0000-0002-3069-1784, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, autor correspondente), Christian Ehiobuche (0000-0002-5026-7534, Stockton University), Paul Agu Igwe (0000-0003-3624-1861, University of Lincoln), Michael Austin Agha-Okoro (Federal University of Agriculture), Chukwuemeka Christian Onwe (0000-0002-7976-5385, University of Nigeria)
Ano2021
Volume22
Fascículo4
Páginas448-467
Data de publicação2021-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of African Business (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1522-8916 • E-ISSN: 1522-9076
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15228916.2021.1874781
OpenAlexW3123012615
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas44

This study explores the socio-cultural and economic context in which Igbo women’s basket weaving enterprise develops and operates in Nigeria and their beliefs about how entrepreneurial action can alleviate poverty. We conducted a qualitative study of 48 Igbo women entrepreneurs who run local basket weaving enterprise in 16 rural communities of 4 out of the 5 Igbo States (southeast region) of Nigeria, to explore the impact of informal entrepreneurial learning, socio-cultural and economic issues, individual values in business start-ups and development in the cities after post-primary education in an attempt to alleviate poverty in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 1). Focusing on three dominant themes (including socio-cultural and economic issues of the Igbo women basket weaving entrepreneurs, etcetera) from the thematic analysis, we analyze the factors that contribute to understanding the socio-cultural context of the Igbo women’s basket weaving enterprise in Nigeria. Findings provide a framework of the Igbo women entrepreneurs’ poverty alleviation and show evidence of a perspective of entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation that is different from the mainstream entrepreneurship literature on poverty alleviation

Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Geography · Igbo · Mainstream · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Weaving · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion