Gender-based policies and women’s entrepreneurship: an fsQCA analysis of sub-Saharan African countries

Abiodun Adegbile · Oyedele Martins Ogundana · Sola Adesola

18 citations0/0 files storedInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Abstract

Purpose Entrepreneurship policy is a vital component of any entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, the specific policy initiatives that have a greater impact on women's entrepreneurship remain unclear in many developing economies. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship policies targeted at women’s entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach Employing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this paper utilises and analyses secondary data collected by the World Bank's Women, Business, and the Law (WBL) from 1970 to 2020, encompassing 48 countries within SSA. Findings Through our analysis, we identified two configurations that sufficiently support women's entrepreneurship. First, a combination of gender-based policies focussing on enabling “access to credit” and “signing of contracts”; and second, a blend of policies supporting “signing of contracts”, “business registration”, and “opening a bank account”, represent significant antecedents to supporting women's entrepreneurship. These distinct pathways are crucial to fostering women’s entrepreneurship in the SSA region. Research limitations/implications The study's findings indicate that the impact and effectiveness of entrepreneurship policies targeted at women entrepreneurs in developing economies depend on the effectiveness of other policies that are in place. Originality/value This study offers new insights into the intricate interrelationship between entrepreneurship policies and women’s entrepreneurship in developing countries by considering the interdependence and combinative value of gender-based policies that effectively support women’s entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 18 citations exist upstream.

References

2011Building Better Causal Theories: A Fuzzy Set Approach to Typologies in Organization Research 2011Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward 2006Set Relations in Social Research: Evaluating Their Consistency and Coverage 2014Informality and Development 2010Standards of Good Practice in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy-Sets 2009A gender‐aware framework for women's entrepreneurship 2010Institutional Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Behavior in Challenging Environments 2007Building an integrative model of small business growth

Cited by

2025Resilient informality and the role of family support in township entrepreneurship 2025The contingent interplay between resources, entrepreneurship and agribusiness performance among small-scale agri-food actors 2025Enhancing entrepreneurial outcomes: The role of experiential pedagogy in compulsory entrepreneurship education in developing economies

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.