Beyond participation: making enterprise development really work for women
Editor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2012-03-23Keywords
Enterprise developmentWomen's Economic Leadership
WEL
Finance
Livelihoods
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Guinea-BissauHaiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Liberia
Nepal
Pakistan
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Philippines
Rwanda
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
Oxfam has been involved in sustainable livelihoods and enterprise development since the 1960s, gaining practical experience in setting up businesses that deliver social as well as economic development. Since we believe that gender inequality is one of the greatest barriers to poverty eradication worldwide, over the last three years we have been piloting an innovative Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) – a unique initiative that uses a business approach to create wealth, and deliver economic growth, while increasing women's power in markets and wider society. This article outlines the reasons why Oxfam is encouraging this type of investment in rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the importance of promoting the role of women in enterprise development, and some of the successes and challenges faced by the EDP so far. We hope that the lessons that we have learned will help and inspire other international development practitioners to support and invest in SMEs that work for women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
15ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2012.663638