Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
This paper discusses the difficulties associated with measuring entrepreneurship in developing countries. Three important dichotomies in the research on entrepreneurship are discussed: formal-informal, legal-illegal, and necessity-opportunity. Several common measures of entrepreneurship are outlined along with their relevance to developing countries, including self-employment, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data, World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey data and OECD data. The implications of the current understanding of entrepreneurship are discussed with respect to institutions and economic development.
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- WIDER Research Paper
- Volume:
- 2009/10
- Title:
- Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
- Authors:
- Sameeksha Desai
- Publication date:
- March 2009
- ISSN Web:
- 1810-2611
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 9789292301798
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2009
- Keywords:
- entrepreneurship, economic development, data, institutions
- JEL:
- L26, O17, O20
- Project:
- Promoting Entrepreneurial Capacity
- Sponsor:
- UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution to the project by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency—Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
- Format:
- online