@article{8145520435e44238a68ef45a98d3dfdf,
title = "What do we know about the patterns and determinants of female entrepreneurship across Countries?",
abstract = "In this article we provide an introduction to the papers in the special section of this edition of the European Journal of Development Research. We start by framing the challenges posed by female entrepreneurship to the research community, note some of the findings in the literature pertaining to the cross-national understanding of female entrepreneurship, and review the existing literature on the role and experience of female entrepreneurs in developing countries. Despite progress in understanding the motivations, constraints and issues that confront female entrepreneurs, there is still substantial scope for further research. We then discuss four papers that advance this research agenda.",
keywords = "developing countries, entrepreneurship, women",
author = "Maria Minniti and Wim Naud{\'e}",
note = "Funding Information: The papers contained in this special section of the European Journal for Development Research have been prepared for the UNU-WIDER project on Promoting Entrepreneurial Capacity, directed by Wim Naud{\'e}. The papers were first presented at the Project Meeting {\textquoteleft}Entrepreneurship and Economic Development{\textquoteright} held in Helsinki, Finland on 21–23 August 2008. Papers were subsequently revised, and submitted to a double-blind refereeing process. We are grateful to the journal{\textquoteright}s Editorial Team, in particular Rajneesh Narula (Chief Editor) and Barbara Coghlan for facilitating the publication of this issue. We also thank the many referees for their role in the evaluation and selection of the papers, and Barbara Fagerman, Neha Mehrotra, Liisa Roponen and Lisa Winkler for their valuable administrative assistance to the project. UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution to the project by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency – Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).",
year = "2010",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1057/ejdr.2010.17",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "277--293",
journal = "European Journal of Development Research",
issn = "0957-8811",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.",
number = "3",
}