Entrepreneurship and Gender Disparity in the Caribbean

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dc.contributor.authorPounder, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-30T18:49:42Z
dc.date.available2020-10-30T18:49:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractThe contribution of entrepreneurship and innovation to national economic growth has been established in economic literature. However, not much emphasis has been placed on gender-based disparity in entrepreneurship in the Caribbean. United Nations statistics highlight that women comprise half of the world's population and perform two thirds of the work, but only a small percentage consider entrepreneurship in the informal sector or in traditional female sectors. In the Caribbean, education is viewed as the main way of empowering women to be independent, and entrepreneurship comes a close second. From an entrepreneurship perspective, gender disparities remain the reason that female entrepreneurs continue to lag behind male entrepreneurs. The purpose of this paper is to identify areas of gender disparity among entrepreneurs, as well as to identify the means of empowering female entrepreneurs, with special reference to the Caribbean.
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dc.format.extent20 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationPounder, P. (2015). Entrepreneurship and gender disparity in the Caribbean. <i>Journal of Research on Women and Gender, 6</i>(1), pp. 4-23.
dc.identifier.issn2375-0944
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/12874
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTexas State University, Center for Diversity and Gender Studies
dc.sourceJournal of Research on Women and Gender, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 4-23.
dc.subjectentrepreneurship
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectentrepreneurs
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectdisparity
dc.subjectCaribbean
dc.titleEntrepreneurship and Gender Disparity in the Caribbean
dc.typeArticle

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