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Women Entrepreneurs in Micro Enterprises

Women in informal sector has been discussed and emphasized in recent years. It is well recognized in every part of the society that the women's work must be accounted and their household contribution must also be included in the national income accounting. The employment effects of the structu...

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Main Author: Manimekalai, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
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520 |a Women in informal sector has been discussed and emphasized in recent years. It is well recognized in every part of the society that the women's work must be accounted and their household contribution must also be included in the national income accounting. The employment effects of the structural adjustment programmes, which began in a number of developing countries in the seventies and eighties, are now being felt the need for a safety net, which includes employment security, is being reflected in the emphasis on micro enterprises and credit programmes for them. In developed countries also increasing self-employment and informal economic activity are making their presence felt. The industrial recession in these countries contributes to the growth of this phenomenon [Jeemol Unni, 1998]. There are many other reasons that the female work participation is being increasingly recognized in the recent years. However, to empower and provide women with equal access to resources and income generating activities, only small micro enterprises can be an answer. As Sashi Chodhary [1998] held that these may be categorised as [i] those who have or those who can set up units of micro industry... 
650 |a Microenterprises 
650 |a Women Entrepreneurs 
650 |a Women Entrepreneurship 
650 |a India 
650 |a Women Entrepreneurship In India 
650 |a Entrepreneurship Research 
650 |a Entrepreneurshipesearch 
650 |a Fourth Biennial Conference On Current Tr 
650 |a Biennial Conference Papers 
773 |a Fourth Biennial Conference on Current Trends in Entrepreneur Research  |d November 8-10, 
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