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Soumis par Nozomi Ide le mer, 05/07/2017 - 07:45 Permalien
Dear Demba,
Thank you so much for your great insight. Do you know any impact assessments on the effects of ICT projects for women's empowerment?
I am asking this, because I am a bit skeptical about ICT uses particularly in relation to women's entrepreneurship development in the agriculture sector. ICTs are innovative and effective tools, but women face various types of GBCs, including self-confidence. Information itself might not be able to help women to understand their entrepreneurial skills and that is why I think (face-face) mentoring or peer discussions are key. And this takes time, as women are impeded from immediately taking on project support or executing trained skills due to GBCs, such as social and time burdens, family pressure to share capital, a lack of access to and control over resources and information aside. Cirera and Qasim (2014) argue:
Panel household survey data for Bangladesh covering a twenty-year period support the notion that time influences the outcomes we observe. These data show a beneficial effect, greater for females than for males, of 20-year cumulative microcredit borrowing on household per capita income and the reduction of extreme poverty (Khandker and Samad 2014). The authors speculate that past credit may affect current credit, leading to more risk taking over time. This could be particularly relevant for women, who may be more risk averse than men.
Thank you again!
Nozomi
Cirera, X., & Qasim, Q. (2014). Supporting Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs (No. 23654). The World Bank.
Soumis par Nozomi Ide le mar, 04/07/2017 - 15:56 Permalien
Some studies demonstrate that mentoring and information from peers are key to the success for women in agribusiness. According to Cirera and Qasim (2014),
Women who had male role models were between 55 and 74 percent more likely to cross over into higher-productivity sectors than women who had no such access. Fifty-four percent interacted with other business owners at least once a month, while only 39 percent of non-crossovers did.
But who could be a good mentor for women farmers and entrepreneurs in Africa? What characteristics and qualities should mentors possess? Where and how could development partners find good mentors?
Thank you for your insights in advance!
Nozomi
[Reference]
Cirera, X., & Qasim, Q. (2014). Supporting Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs (No. 23654). The World Bank.
How to find mentors
Soumis par Nozomi Ide le mer, 05/07/2017 - 07:52 Permalien
Dear Ann,
Thank you very much for your comments. Remote mentoring after identifying particular VCs and scopes of business entrants, coupled with direct and well-structured mentoring, might work. Do you have any ideas how to find mature entrepreneurs who are capable and willing to mentor women? Your post about a FARA pilot project called UNiBRAIN got me interested too. What was the results or reaction from business persons, academia and the private sector, including universities, business owners, and banks, that you brought together and provided with gender information?
Thank you again!
Nozomi