Women, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23659595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma (0000-0003-0099-9478, Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_139-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2989777896 |
| ISBN | 9783319770307 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
The development agenda in Africa is one that is shifting from a rhetoric of underdevelopment and dependency to one that is focusing on the ever-present, but oft understated, role of African people in transforming the continent’s economy. In an attempt to address gender inequity and stimulate inclusive socioeconomic growth and development, women have been the target of many development initiatives in emerging economies. Several of these economic development initiatives for women are centered around financial access and entrepreneurship as avenues for inclusion and empowerment. This chapter explores the ways in which entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment intersect in theory and praxis to further enable economic development in Africa. Increasingly, there are greater interventions in women’s economic empowerment that happen at both micro and macro levels. Drawing on insights from scholars and practitioners that work at the intersection of women, entrepreneurship, and economic development, this chapter captures the varied ways in which these intersections ultimately synergize and affect change on the continent.
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Entrepreneurship · Political science · Population · Praxis · Psychological intervention · Socioeconomic development · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Underdevelopment · Women's empowerment · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Growth and Development · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Psychology
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The Economics of Entrepreneurship
The Best of Times and the Worst of Times
The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
The White Man's Burden
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
Paternalistic Intervention
Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa
The impact of structural adjustment policies on women's and children's health in Tanzania
African Market Women and Economic Power
Race, Paternalism, and Foreign Aid
Structural Adjustment Policies in Africa
From development to sustained crisis
Citizen and Subject
Indirect Rule-French and British Style
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