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Policies and Institutional Supports for Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh: Achievements and Challenges

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  • Golam Rabbani

    (Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh)

  • Solaiman Chowdhury

    (Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh)

Abstract

Women’s entrepreneurship is important for women’s position in society, and for economic development of a country. Many scholars pointed out that women faces diverse challenges in doing business in a patriarchal society like Bangladesh. Women are now involved in economic activities than in the past, women constitute around 10 percent of the country's total business entrepreneurs. The present study is an effort to find out the factors which act as pull and push factors to engage women in entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh. In this study mixed method approach has been chosen. To attain the objective of the research researchers relied solely on the secondary sources. The study revealed that Government agencies provide policy, legal and financial support with active support from non-State actors. On the contrary, they do not get proper support from all relevant institutions because of corruption and lack of information. It is suggested that combined initiatives of Government and nongovernment institutions will be successful in meeting the needs of business women in Bangladesh.

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  • Golam Rabbani & Solaiman Chowdhury, 2013. "Policies and Institutional Supports for Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh: Achievements and Challenges," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 2(1), pages 31-39, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:2:y:2013:i:1:p:31-39
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    1. Lavlu Mozumdar & Valentina C. Materia & Geoffrey Hagelaar & Mohammad Amirul Islam & Gerben van der Velde & S. W. F. (Onno) Omta, 2022. "Contextuality of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Performance: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 8(1), pages 94-120, January.
    2. Lavlu Mozumdar & Geoffrey Hagelaar & Valentina C. Materia & S. W. F. Omta & Mohammad Amirul Islam & Gerben Velde, 2019. "Embeddedness or Over-Embeddedness? Women Entrepreneurs’ Networks and Their Influence on Business Performance," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(5), pages 1449-1469, December.
    3. Lavlu Mozumdar & Geoffrey Hagelaar & Gerben van der Velde & S.W.F. Omta, 2020. "Determinants of the Business Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in the Developing World Context," J, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-21, May.

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