Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/336526 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 814
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
The Female Entrepreneurship Index (FEI) for 2024 aims to pinpoint the elements that facilitate the success of promising high-potential female entrepreneurs-those who manage and possess ventures characterized by innovation, market growth, and a focus on exports. Ambitious female entrepreneurs, through their commercial pursuits, not only enhance their personal financial standing but also make significant contributions to their society's economic and social structure. The FEI's methodical framework allows for international comparisons and evaluations of genderspecific circumstances that typically influence the growth of productive female entrepreneurship. As an analytical tool for comprehensively recognizing and examining the environment that is conducive to the advancement of productive businesses led by women, the FEI goes beyond merely tallying the number of female entrepreneurs. Instead, it concentrates on highlighting an economy's assets and limitations in cultivating an atmosphere or potential that could nurture the development of exceptional female-driven enterprises.
Subjects: 
female entrepreneurship
innovation-driven enterprises
export-oriented ventures
gender-specific business environment
comparative entrepreneurial analysis
JEL: 
L26
J16
O57
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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