Microenterprises

Can female microentrepreneurs extend their working hours to seize additional business opportunities?

For almost half a century, microfinance has been seen as a powerful tool to improve access to credit for the poor.

Humanitarian programming in fragile economies often use unconditional cash transfers (UCT) to offset food-insecurity.

Micro-entrepreneurs represent the most common type of business in the world, and marketing is a primary means by which they earn their livelihoods.

Identifying high-growth microentrepreneurs in low-income countries remains a challenge due to a scarcity of verifiable information.

Microfinance has been shown to have limited average impacts on incomes and profits in developing countries.

How can unconditional cash transfers (UCT) be leveraged to boost household incomes beyond addressing short-term food insecurity in a prolonged humanitarian crisis setting?

Can informal institutions facilitate enterprise growth through resolving business disputes in the contexts where formal mechanisms are near-complete failure?