Applied Research—Individual Reports and Studies

Amoros, J.E. and Christi, O. (2010)  Poverty, Human Development and Entrepreneurship, In M.  Minniti, ed,)  The  Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228956811_POVERTY_HUMAN_DEVELOPMENT_AND_ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Ashraf, N., Bryan, G., Delfino, A., Iacovone, L., Pople, A. The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training Using Imagery Techniques in Colombia.  Innovations for Poverty Action. (2022)  Available at https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/impact-entrepreneurship-training-using-imagery-techniques-colombia

Beegle, K., & Christiaensen, L. (Eds.). (2019). Accelerating poverty reduction in Africa. World Bank Publications. Available at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32354

Bell-Rose, S., Payzant, T., Youth Entrepreneurship Education in America: A Policymaker’s Guide.  Aspen Institute.  (2008)

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/files/content/docs/pubs/YESG_Policy_Guide.pdf

Clark, P., Blair, A., Zandiniapour, L., Soto, E., & Doyle, K. (1999). Microenterprise and the poor: Findings from the self-employment learning project five year survey of microentrepreneurs. The Aspen Institute. Available at https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/microenterprise-poor-findings-self-employment-learning-project-five-year-survey-microentrepreneurs/

European Commission (2009). Portfolio of indicators for the monitoring of the European strategy for social protection and social exclusion — 2009 update. http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=756&langId=en 

Fairlie, R. W. (2010). Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (1996-2009). Ewing Marion. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1631932

Gianoli LaRosa, D., & Kalarikad, E. K., Sanchez, L.  Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development.  Innovations for Poverty Action.  (2021).  Available at https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/IPA-10-Year-SME-Report_Web.pdf

Halabisky, D. (2015). Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe-Sustaining Inclusive Entrepreneurship. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/entrepreneurial-activities-in-europe-sustaining-inclusive-entrepreneurship_5jrtpbxh2v21-en

Hartley, Scott E., Kiva.org: Crowd-Sourced Microfinance and Cooperation in Group Lending (March 25, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1572182 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1572182  

Hussmanns, R. (2004). Measuring the informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employment. Policy Integration Department, Bureau of Statistics, International Labour Office. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---integration/documents/publication/wcms_079142.pdf

Kauffman Foundation. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1631932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1631932

Koshy, E., and Sanchez, L.  Supporting Women-led Businesses and Middle-income Countries Through Covid-19 Crisis. Innovations for Poverty Action.  (2021).  Available at https://www.poverty-action.org/publication/supporting-women-led-businesses-low-and-middle-income-countries-through-covid-19-crisis

Kugler, M., Michaelides, M., Nanda N &Agbayani, C. (2017), Entrepreneurship in low income areas. Washington: U.S. Small Business Administration, office of Advocacy. https://advocacy.sba.gov/2017/09/30/entrepreneurship-in-low-income-areas/

Fairlie, R. W., Morelix, A., Reedy, E.J. and Russel, J. (2015). The Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, National Trends (2015). Available at http://www.kauffman.org/kauffman-index/reporting/startup-activity

Hernandez, D. J. (2011). Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. Annie E. Casey Foundation. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED518818

Islam, I. and Lapeyre, F. (2020) Transition to Formality and Structural Transformation: Challenges and Policy Options, International Labor Organization. Available at .https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_738685.pdf

Klapper, Leora; Delgado, Juan Manuel Quesada. 2007. Entrepreneurship : New Data on Business Creation and How to Promote It. Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 316. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank.  https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/11163

Kugler, M., Michaelides, M., Nanda, N., & Agdayani, C. (2017). Entrepreneurship in low-income areas. U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. Available at https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/entrepreneurship-low-income-areas

Laney, K.,  Bowles, J., Hilliard, T.,  Launching Low-income Entrepreneurs.  Center for an Urban Future.  (2013)  Available at https://nycfuture.org/pdf/Launching-Low-Income-Entrepreneurs.pdf

Laney, K. (2013). Launching Low-Income Entrepreneurs. New York: Center for an Urban Future. Available at https://nycfuture.org/pdf/Launching-Low-Income-Entrepreneurs.pdf

McKay, K. L. (2014). Achieving financial security through entrepreneurship: Policies to support financially vulnerable microbusiness owners. Federal Policy Proposal, CFED, August 2014. Retrieved from https://prosperitynow.org/files/PDFs/financial_capability_planning_guide/Entrepreneurship_policy_proposal.pdf

Mone, Baroness (2016) Boosting enterprise in more deprived communities. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/511542/boosting-enterprise-in-more-deprived-communities.pdf

Moneygeek (2020) Business Loans for Minorities: A Guide for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Entrepreneurs, https://www.moneygeek.com/business-loans/small-business/minorities/

Roser, Max & Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban (2020). "Global Extreme Poverty". First published in 2013; substantive revision in 2107 and smaller revision in 2019. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty' [Online Resource]  https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty

Roodman, D., and J. Morduch (2009). ‘The impact of microcredit on the poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence’, Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 174. Available at https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/faculty/publications/Roodman_Morduch_-_The_Impact_of_Microcredit_on_the_Poor_in_Bangladesh.pdf

OECD/European Commission (2014). Policy Brief on Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities. https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/Policy-brief-entrepreneurship-people-disabilities.pdf

OECD/The European Commission (multiple years – biennial publication). The Missing Entrepreneurs: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Europe. OECD Publishing. https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/2019-ME-Policy-Highlights.pdf

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004).  Jobs and Enterprise in Deprived Areas. Social Exclusion Unit Report, United Kingdom. https://books.google.com/books/about/Jobs_and_Enterprise_in_Deprived_Areas.html?id=ImgCzQEACAAJ

Ray, K., Sissons, P., Jones, K., & Vegeris, S. (2014). Employment, pay and poverty. Evidence and policy review. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/business-and-management/pdfs/non-secure/e/m/p/employment-pay-and-poverty-evidence-and-policy-review.pdf

Semega, J. J., Fontenot, K. R., and Kollar, M. A. (2017). Income and poverty in the United States: 2016. U.S. Census Bureau (September 2017). Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2017/demo/p60-259.html

Singer, S., Amorós, J. E., Moska, D. & Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (2015). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global Report. Babson Park, MA: Babson College. Available at https://www.babson.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/the-arthur-m-blank-center-for-entrepreneurship/thought-leadership/global-entrepreneurship-monitor/reports/

Shirk, M. & Wadia, A. S. (2004). Kitchen table entrepreneurs: How eleven women escaped poverty to become their own bosses. Westview Press: Colorado. https://www.worldcat.org/title/kitchen-table-entrepreneurs-how-eleven-women-escaped-poverty-and-became-their-own-bosses/oclc/1035912670

Slivinski, S. (2012). Increasing entrepreneurship is a key to lowering poverty rates. Policy Report, Goldwater Institute, 254, November 13, 2012. Available at https://goldwaterinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PR254-Increasing-Entrepreneurship.pdf

Slivinski, S. (2015). Bootstraps tangles in red tape: How state occupational licensing hinders low-income entrepreneurship. Policy Report Goldwater Institute, 272, February 23, 2015. Available at https://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/bootstraps-tangled-in-red-tape/

Spasova, S., Bouget, D., Ghailani, D. and Vanhercke, B. (2017), Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe: A study of national policies. European Social Policy Network, European Commission, Brussels. Available at https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/fb235634-e3a7-11e7-9749-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

World Bank (2018), Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle. Available at https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-prosperity

Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Project [YEEP] Understanding Barriers to Youth Employment in Uganda and Kenya: A Participatory Action Research [PAR] Report. (June 2018).https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrC3PEg5E5iDjQAuwoPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1649366177/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.vsointernational.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fcitireport2018.pdf/RK=2/RS=rCR1e_Ca4kqYWsp15YwdbvCnHvE-