Challenges of Lebanese Women Entrepreneurs

Soon after, the Central Bank of Lebanon issued Circular 331 initiative in 2013 guaranteeing 75 percent of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) loans and incentivizing banks to act as limited partners to ensure availability of venture capital funds. [...]Lebanon has a highly educated population w...

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Published inICSB World Conference Proceedings pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Ziade, Jinan, Tanoe, Claude, Daily, Louis
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington International Council for Small Business (ICSB) 01.01.2017
Subjects
Angel investors
Entrepreneurial finance
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Expatriates
Gender
International business
International finance
Labor force
Males
Self employment
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Society
Startups
Success
Venture capital
Venture capital companies
Women
Women owned businesses
Middle East
Lebanon
North Africa
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Summary:Soon after, the Central Bank of Lebanon issued Circular 331 initiative in 2013 guaranteeing 75 percent of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) loans and incentivizing banks to act as limited partners to ensure availability of venture capital funds. [...]Lebanon has a highly educated population with an adult literacy rate of 94 percent and a labor force of 1.2 million people (Central Administration of Statistics 2011). In view of those challenges, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), BLC Development Bank in Lebanon and a number of angel investors are facilitating access to capital funds to women. [...]there are a low number of high impact enterprises led by women.