Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Tanzania: Insights and Recommendations

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dc.contributor.authorMori, Neema
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-13T09:52:40Z
dc.date.available2016-05-13T09:52:40Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWomen play a key role in the private sector and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania. The proportion of women owned enterprises (WOEs) is reported to have increased from 35 per cent in early 1990s (NISS, 1991) to 54.3 per cent in 2012 (MIT, 2012). This amounted to 1.716 million WOEs, over 99 per cent of which are microenterprises with fewer than five employees and almost three-quarters have only one employee. The majority of women entrepreneurs are aged between 25 and 40 years, and have a low level of education. On the one hand, these women entrepreneurs are a potential motor for the economy to generate jobs and reduce poverty. On the other hand, multiple obstacles continue to impede their capacity to start and grow businesses in sectors that generate quality jobs. Although many women have an untapped potential for entrepreneurial development, they are often impeded by a lack of the necessary capacities, skills and resources. They face more disadvantages than men due to legal impediments, cultural attitudes, less mobility and their businesses tend to be younger and smaller than men’s. All of these areas came through in the report, to varying degrees.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.13140/RG.2.1.4163.1444
dc.identifier.issn978-92-2-129312-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2019
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleWomen’s Entrepreneurship Development in Tanzania: Insights and Recommendationsen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
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