9 Finance and women’s entrepreneurship in DETEs
A literature review
Erum Shaikh, Muhammad Nawaz Tunio and Fiza Qureshi
1. Introduction
Women entrepreneurs play an important and vital role in the growth, development, and progress of small businesses and enterprises in developing, emerging, and transition economies (DETEs) (Ghouse et al., 2019).1 Women’s entrepreneurship is gaining increased attention because of its contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and creation of employment opportunities in the region (Bögenhold & Klinglmair, 2017). Women are better investors, earners, and savers than male-dominant households; therefore, women are considered an important contributors to development in developing countries ...
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