This report was developed in the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director.
The report is the result of a collaboration between the OECD CFE and the Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy Research Project (Global WEP), which is a network of established researchers from over 30 counties. This initiative was led by Jonathan Potter (Head of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit) of the OECD CFE and Colette Henry - Chair of Global WEP - (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland and Griffith University, Queensland, Australia), Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa, Canada), and Susan Coleman (University of Hartford, United States) of the Global WEP Project.
The report was edited by David Halabisky (Policy Analyst) and Jonathan Potter (Head of Unit) of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit of the SME and Entrepreneurship Division of the OECD CFE. Cynthia Lavison (Policy Analyst), also of the OECD CFE, supported the preparation of this report by reviewing draft policy insight notes. Edits were also made by the Global WEP Executive Team – Colette Henry, Barbara Orser and Susan Coleman.
Part 1 of this report contains two chapters. Chapter 1 was drafted by Colette Henry, Barbara Orser, and Susan Coleman, with inputs by David Halabisky. Chapter 2 was drafted by David Halabisky.
Part 2 is comprised of policy insight notes on different aspects of women’s entrepreneurship policy and includes introductions for each policy theme. The notes were drafted by the following members of the Global WEP network: Australia: Patrice Braun (Federation University Australia), Naomi Birdthistle (Griffith University) and Antoinette Flynn (University of Limerick); Canada: Barbara Orser (University of Ottawa); Czech Republic: Alena Křížková Pospíšilová (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences) and Marie Pospíšilová (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences); Denmark: Helle Neergaard (Aarhus University); Ethiopia: Atsede Tesfaye (Addis Ababa University); Germany: Friederike Welter (University Siegen and IfM Bonn); India: Roshni Narendran (University of Tasmania); Iran: Nastaran Simarasl (California State Polytechnic University – Pomona) and Vahid Makizadeh (University of Hormozgan); Ireland: Colette Henry (Dundalk Institute of Technology and Griffith University); Italy: Sara Poggesi (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Michela Mari (University of Rome Tor Vergata) and Luisa De Vita (Sapienza University of Rome); Kenya: Anne W. Kamau (University of Nairobi) and Winnie V. Mitullah (University of Nairobi); Mexico: Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez (Trevinyo-Rodriguez & Asociados); New Zealand: Anne de Bruin (Massey University) and Kate V. Lewis (Newcastle University); Northern Ireland, UK: Joan Ballantine (Ulster University) and Pauric McGowan (Ulster University); Norway: Lene Foss (UiT – The Arctic University of Norway and Jönköping University, Sweden); Pakistan: Shumaila Yousafzai (Cardiff University) and Shandana Sheikh (Cardiff University); Palestinian Authority: Grace Khoury (Birzeit University); Poland: Ewa Lisowska (Warsaw School of Economics); Scotland, UK: Anne F. Meikle; South Africa: Bridget Irene (Coventry University); Spain: Maria Cristina Diaz Garcia (University of Castilla-La Mancha); Sri Lanka: Nadeera Ranabahu (University of Canterbury); Sweden: Helene Ahl (Jönköping University); Tanzania: Dina Modestus Nziku (University of the West of Scotland) and Cynthia Forson (Lancaster University Ghana); Turkey: Duygu Uygur (Istanbul Bilgi University) and Elif Bezal Kahraman; United Kingdom: Helen Lawton Smith (Birkbeck, University of London) and Tim Vorley (Oxford Brookes University); and United States: Susan Coleman (University of Hartford). The drafting of the policy insight notes in this report was led by Colette Henry, Barbara Orser and Susan Coleman of Global WEP, under the guidance of Jonathan Potter and David Halabisky.
Each chapter in Part 2 contains a short introductory text prepared by Colette Henry, Barbara Orser, Susan Coleman and David Halabisky.
The editors gratefully acknowledge feedback received from Céline Kauffman (Head) and Lucia Cusmano (Deputy Head) of the SME and Entrepreneurship Division, CFE, OECD, as well as support from Pilar Philip and François Iglesias of the OECD CFE during the publication process.
