Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia

Recent research shows that microenterprises in developing countries are constrained by their managerial capacity, especially in the areas of marketing, record keeping, financial planning, and stock control. In a stratified randomized controlled tri...

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Main Authors:	Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Bastian, Gautam, Goldstein, Markus
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS TRAINING MENTORING GENDER MICROENTERPRISES FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/123731614020646755/Business-Training-and-Mentoring-Experimental-Evidence-from-Women-Owned-Microenterprises-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35182

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spelling	okr-10986-351822022-09-20T00:09:33Z Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS TRAINING MENTORING GENDER MICROENTERPRISES FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE Recent research shows that microenterprises in developing countries are constrained by their managerial capacity, especially in the areas of marketing, record keeping, financial planning, and stock control. In a stratified randomized controlled trial, experienced businesswomen in Ethiopia were given a formal business training that addressed these constraints. A second-stage mentoring component in which a random selection of female mentees within the social and business network of the trainees from the first-stage business training received customized mentoring from these “trained mentors.” Pooled results using three rounds of post-training surveys carried out over three years show that business training causes profit and sales to improve by 0.21 standard deviation, while business practices improve by 0.13 standard deviation. The overall impact of mentoring is muted—strong impacts are observed on the adoption of business practices among mentees, but there is no statistically significant impact on profits. 2021-02-25T14:59:14Z 2021-02-25T14:59:14Z 2021-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/123731614020646755/Business-Training-and-Mentoring-Experimental-Evidence-from-Women-Owned-Microenterprises-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35182 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9552 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia
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topic	ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS TRAINING MENTORING GENDER MICROENTERPRISES FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
spellingShingle	ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS TRAINING MENTORING GENDER MICROENTERPRISES FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
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description	Recent research shows that microenterprises in developing countries are constrained by their managerial capacity, especially in the areas of marketing, record keeping, financial planning, and stock control. In a stratified randomized controlled trial, experienced businesswomen in Ethiopia were given a formal business training that addressed these constraints. A second-stage mentoring component in which a random selection of female mentees within the social and business network of the trainees from the first-stage business training received customized mentoring from these “trained mentors.” Pooled results using three rounds of post-training surveys carried out over three years show that business training causes profit and sales to improve by 0.21 standard deviation, while business practices improve by 0.13 standard deviation. The overall impact of mentoring is muted—strong impacts are observed on the adoption of business practices among mentees, but there is no statistically significant impact on profits.
format	Working Paper
author	Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus
author_facet	Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus
author_sort	Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab
title	Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
title_short	Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
title_full	Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia
title_sort	business training and mentoring : experimental evidence from women-owned microenterprises in ethiopia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/123731614020646755/Business-Training-and-Mentoring-Experimental-Evidence-from-Women-Owned-Microenterprises-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35182
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Business Training and Mentoring : Experimental Evidence from Women-Owned Microenterprises in Ethiopia

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