*Research Fellow, MPhil Program, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka
**BSS (1st Class). MSS (1st Class) and M PHIL (Dhaka University) Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northern University Bangladesh (NUB)
***Business Partner; Workforce Analysis and Talent Acquisition, People and Culture Division World Vision Bangladesh & MPhil Fellow, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka
Online published on 4 June, 2015.
Bangladesh envisages a vision to become a Middle Income Country by 2021. Women entrepreneurs’ development and their contribution to the economy has been considered one of the accelerating contributor in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and economic growth. The author undertaken the study to explore the supportive factors which promote and develop the women entrepreneurs in SMEs and demonstrate linkages with institutional and policy framework. A mixed research methods were applied, including review of literature, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions.
The study explored supportive factors which are directly contribute to the women entrepreneurs promotion and development in SMEs. It also demonstrated that the factors have linkages with institutional structure and the national policy framework. The entrepreneurial education and motivational training, accessibility and availability of finance, institutional capacity, product profiles, diversification and modernization, marketing opportunities, networking, legal and regulatory environment and access to infrastructure and information are the key supportive factors.
Women Entrepreneurs Development, Institutional supports for Women Entrepreneurs, Policy Framework of Women Entrepreneurs
