Thematic brief on gender, private sector development and entrepreneurship

This Thematic Brief provides quick guidance on the most important issues relating to gender, private sector development and entrepreneurship.

This Brief is addressed to staff from development cooperation agencies who are involved in private sector development and entrepreneurship programmes and projects.

Here development agents will find information on the most important gender issues at stake and how to address them, indicators that can be used to monitor whether a programme is integrating gender dimensions, examples of gender-sensitive development actions and references to further information and tools related to gender, private sector development and entrepreneurship.

Contents

Introduction

Gender issues in private sector development and entrepreneurship

A roadmap for gender mainstreaming in private sector development and entrepreneurship development programmes

Questions for gender analysis in private sector and entrepreneurship

Gender sensitive indicators for the private sector and entrepreneurship

Examples of gender-sensitive projects in private sector and entrepreneurship