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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Concepts, Measurements, and Impacts

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Entrepreneurship is important for structural economic change, growth, and ultimately for improving human well-being. Governments and development agencies are recognizing the need to build entrepreneurial capacity. This can gain from a better understanding of the role of entrepreneurship in economic development. Having embarked on a 'building entrepreneurial capacity' project, WIDER is hosting an international workshop to chart past and present thinking on the topic, with specific reference to more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on January 21, 2008

"Adoption and usage of ICT in developing countries: Case of Ugandan firms"

ijedict.dec.uwi.edu -

ABSTRACT: "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is regarded as a driver and enabler of economic development is most countries including Uganda. The study examined the extent of adoption and usage of ICT on one hundred and ten firms in Uganda; and established benchmarks that can be utilized in future research and comparison between firms. The results revealed that the adoption and usage of ICT by firms in developing countries follow the same pattern as in developed countries, and they more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on November 23, 2007

"E-COMMERCE IN THE ASIAN CONTEXT: Selected Case Studies"

idrc.org -

Summary: "E-commerce in Asia has been receiving considerable attention as a result of the proliferation of Internet connectivity and technologies in the region. In response to this trend, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) commissioned four studies to investigate the various economic, social, methodological, and security issues related to this emerging business paradigm. The scope of these reports ranges from the policy environment in Vietnam to the empowerment of more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on August 23, 2006

"Measuring Success in Entrepreneurship Support Initiatives"

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Subtitle: "What Works and What More is Needed" Prepared by bridges.org for the Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Working Group of the UN ICT Task Force. This report, together with the report "Supporting Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Survey of the Field and Inventory of Initiatives", offers a market analysis of the entrepreneurship support field. This report accompanies and builds on the inventory, with a more evaluative look at the field of entrepreneurship support. The more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on February 14, 2006

microLINKS Business Development Services Knowledge page

microlinks.org -

microLINKS is a project funded by USAID to support microenterprise projects, most importantly micro-enterprise finance projects. Resources available from this website include: "Performance Monitoring Framework Sustainability and Cost-Effectiveness (Draft Final Report)" (6/28/2005); "Step By Step: How to Set-up, Run, and Evaluate a Voucher Program" (6/1/2001); "Information and Communications Services for Micro and Small Enterprises in the Philippines: A Synthesis Paper" (6/1/1999); "Strategic more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on January 28, 2006

The Microenterprise Best Practices Archive

microlinks.org -

The MBP documents in this archive contain useful reference information. However, the Microenterprise Development Team has classified these documents as "Archived," as they are no longer highly pertinent to current microenterprise development. Some titles of methodological studies included are: "Performance Measurement for Business Development Services to Micro and Small Enterprises: A Revised Framework and Guide to the Preparation of Case Studies" (9/1/1999);"Impact Tools Development and more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on January 28, 2006

"INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: The Impact of their Adoption on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises"

idrc.ca -

This classic study from 1996 is probably outdated in terms of its findings, but still would be a useful point of departure for those interested in conducting new studies on the effects of ICT on small and medium size enterprises in developing nations. Élisabeth Lefebvre and Louis A. Lefebvre, IDRC, 1996.

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 26, 2005

The Baldrige National Quality Program

quality.nist.gov -

The Baldrige Award is given by the President of the United States to businesses—manufacturing and service, small and large—and to education and health care organizations that are judged to be outstanding in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and results. The program is managed by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology. The website provides information more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on June 13, 2005

"The Social Impact of Microfinance and How to Measure It"

responsability.ch -

This discussion paper aim at providing state of- the-art information on the social impact of microfinance Its aim is to support the ongoing discussion with partners, clients and stakeholders with the ultimate objective of developing a common understanding of key issues in the field of microfinance and social investments. Author: ResponsAbility, Social Investment Services AG (PDF, 2 pages.)

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

Learning from Clients: Assessment Tools for Microfinance Practitioners

sa-dhan.org -

Learning from Clients: Assessment Tools for Microfinance Practitioners is a manual on evaluation. Its core is a set of five assessment tools that practitioners can use to gather information about their programs—information that is useful for impact assessment and market research. Accompanying the tools are step-by-step instructions for using them, starting with initial preparations and ending with data analysis. While the manual is not specific to ICT applications in microfinance, much of the more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

"Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Alleviation: What Does Emerging Evidence Indicate?"

ifpri.org -

The spectacular growth of the microfinance industry has been fueled not by market forces but by conscious actions of national governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and donors who view microfinance as an effective tool for alleviating poverty. Since much of the impetus behind this large and increasing support for microfinance hinges on the assumption that its economic and social impacts are significant, it needs to be examined more closely. This review... indicates that impact more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

Learning to Use Cost-Effective Impact Measurement Tools

pksf-bd.org -

The paper looks at the benefits of designing and implementing effective practitioner focused client and impact assessment. It considers the types of questions MFIs should be asking in terms of use of impact assessment tools, such as indicators. It makes the point that impact assessment must be context-specific, taking into consideration the type of information to be gathered and the purpose of this information. Above all, it stresses that impact assessment is an ongoing process, rather than a more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

The use of control groups in impact assessments for microfinance

ilo.org -

The objective of this paper is to define ways of applying the control-group methodology in micro-finance which take the author as close as possible to the ideal of estimating the pure impact of the project, with all non-project influences distilled out of the assessment; alternatively put, Paul Mosley is trying to find ways of steering clear of the elephant-traps which most easily befall the user of the control-group technique, which described as sample selection bias,misspecification of causal more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

"Impact Assessment Methodologies for Microfinance: Theory, Experience and Better Practice"

sed.manchester.ac.uk -

Microfinance programs and institutions are increasingly important in development strategies but knowledge about their impacts is partial and contested. This paper reviews the methodological options for the impact assessment (IA) of microfinance. Following a discussion of the varying objectives of IA it examines the choice of conceptual frameworks and presents three paradigms of impact assessment: the scientific method, the humanities tradition and participatory learning and action (PLA). Key more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

"From Event to Process: Current Trends in Microfinance Impact Assessment"

ids.ac.uk -

This article describes the move away from donor-led impact events, towards more practitioner-focused processes, and the experience of individual organisations and international projects, most notably the AIMS project, in developing impact assessment that is more responsive to practitioner needs. Practitioner-focused impact assessment looks at how impact information can feed into management and product design processes, and provide frequent and timely information. Impact assessment thus provides more...

Added by John Daly to Monitoring and Evaluation on April 17, 2005

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