A new report from the Doing Business Project and the World Bank Gender Action Plan profiles seven women entrepreneurs, describing reasons for their success, as well as some of the legal, regulatory, and practical obstacles they faced in expanding their business efforts. The report was launched at a "Ways to Bridge Gender Gap" conference addressed by World Bank Group President B. Zoellick, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs.
Doing Business: Women in Africa (PDF, 4.15MB) also highlights reforms that can level the playing field for women and create better business environments that benefit both women and men.
The report, the first in a series of regional studies, casts a spotlight on seven women entrepreneurs in Cameroon, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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