What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-82

  McKenzie, David ^a   Woodruff, Christopher ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROFITABILITY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRAINING;

EID: 84892993103     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkt007     Document Type: Article

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