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Title Entrepreneurship education and training : insights from Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique / Alicia Robb, Alexandria Valerio, and Brent Parton, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 108 pages)
Series A World Bank study
World Bank studies.
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- About Entrepreneurship Education and Training -- About the Case Studies -- About the Report -- ch. 2 Conceptual Framework for EET -- Defining EET -- Types of EET Programs -- The Dimensions of EET Programs -- ch. 3 Context for Entrepreneurship in Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique -- The Economic Context -- The Political Context -- The Cultural Context -- The Entrepreneurial Environment -- Current Snapshot -- Notes -- ch. 4 Landscape of Programs -- Program Landscape Overview -- Entrepreneurship Education: Secondary Education Students -- Entrepreneurship Education: Higher Education Students -- Entrepreneurship Training: Potential Entrepreneurs -- Entrepreneurship Training: Practicing Entrepreneurs -- Notes -- ch. 5 Findings from the Field -- Overview of Qualitative Fieldwork -- Building Entrepreneurial Mind-sets -- Affording Exposure to the Business Community -- Tailored and Practice-Oriented Programs
Note continued: Comprehensive Approaches to Address Business Environment Constraints -- Note -- ch. 6 Key Findings and Conclusion -- Summary of Key Findings -- Implications for Program Design and Policy -- Conclusion
Summary Empirical research has found that entrepreneurial activity correlates positively with innovation and job creation, and governments around the world have shown a growing interest in interventions that promote entrepreneurial success. However, research on whether entrepreneurial success can be taught has reached mixed conclusions, and even the landscape of what is being taught is poorly known. This study looks closely at entrepreneurial education and training (EET) programs in three case study countries in Africa-Kenya, Ghana, and Mozambique-which are all experiencing sustained economic growth a
Notes "A World bank study."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Business education -- Ghana
Business education -- Kenya
Business education -- Mozambique
Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Ghana
Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Kenya
Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Mozambique
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Business education
Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Gründungsausbildung.
Ghana.
Kenia.
Mosambik.
Ghana
Kenya
Mozambique
Form Electronic book
Author Robb, Alicia
Valerio, Alexandria, 1968-
Parton, Brent
ISBN 9781464802799
1464802793
1306902282
9781306902281