Institute for Social and Economic Development
A quantitative look at the interconnections among: training intervention, client characteristics, intermediate indicators of success and final business outcomes. This study tracked close to 500 training clients and presents a set of statistically significant findings.
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Women's Initiative for Self Employment
A qualitative exploration of how business skills acquisition affects business growth and economic self-sufficiency. The study provides the most detailed look at business events over an 18-month period and how these relate to clients' movement out of poverty.
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Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation
An in-depth study of 20 family day-care providers that illuminates similar interconnections to those considered in the ISED study, but examined using anthropological methods.
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Central Vermont Community Action Council
A participatory research approach to identifying clients' perceptions and circumstances - with an eye toward improving training services.
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Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute
A test of whether more intensive technical assistance improves clients' business skills, and ultimately increases clients' profits and other wealth indicators.
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