PMMA-20272 Understanding youth entrepreneurship in Benin: the role of microcredit uptake and entrepreneur capacity building

Abstract

The growing level of unemployment among the youth in developing countries like Benin raises significant concerns among policy makers. Encouraging and developing youth entrepreneurship will not only reduce unemployment but drive economic growth sustainably. While efforts have been made to encourage youth entrepreneurship in Benin, several barriers limit entry and performance. This study proposes to investigate the impact of microcredit uptake and capacity development on youth entrepreneurship performance in Benin. We will use secondary data from a World Bank survey on enterprise formalization in Benin. We also propose to employ the instrumental variable and propensity score matching techniques for empirical analysis. It is expected that the findings of the study will be useful to policy makers in developing policies that will enhance youth enterprise performance in Benin. We also envisage that youth entrepreneurs will benefit from our findings in improving their performance.

Members

Project leader: Gbetoton Nadege Djossou

Project researchers: Jacob Novignon | ATCHADE Touwéde Bénédicte

Scientific mentors: Abdelkrim Araar

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Djossou Gbetoton Nadege, Novignon Jacob, Abdelkrim Araar		<p>The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin</p>	Review of Development Economics	Volume 28, Issue 4. Special Section: Money, Methods and Morals. November 2024. Pages 1374-1391 Online

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The Role of Formal, Informal, and Family Credit in the Business Performance of Young Entrepreneurs in Benin	2020-02-28	1.33MB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Boosting youth entrepreneurship through informal credit in Benin	2020-01-31	840.86kB	0	0
	Stimuler l’entreprenariat des jeunes grâce aux crédits informels au Bénin	2020-01-31	690.81kB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2019-08-07	839.84kB	0	0

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Understanding youth entrepreneurship in Benin: the role of microcredit uptake and entrepreneur capacity building	2018-09-18	1.36MB	0	0