%0 Report
        %A Jayachandran, Seema
        %T Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
        %D 2020
        %8 2020 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 12943
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12943
        %X This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial services; the impacts of business training; barriers to hiring; and the distinction between self-employment by necessity and self-employment as a calling. The article devotes special attention to unique issues that arise with female entrepreneurship.
        %K small businesses
%K female entrepreneurship
%K self-employment
%K informal sector