The Impacts of COVID-19 on Women-Owned Enterprises in Ethiopia : Findings from a High-Frequency Phone Survey

Abebe, Girum ; Alibhai, Salman ; Buehren, Niklas ; Ebrahim, Menaal ; Hailemicheal, Adiam

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AFRICA GENDER POLICY;    GENDER INNOVATION LAB;    CORONAVIRUS;    COVID-19;    PANDEMIC IMPACT;   

RP-ID  :  153208

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This brief summarizes findings from ahigh-frequency survey of women-owned firms in Ethiopia whichparticipate in the International Development Association(IDA) - financed Women Entrepreneurship Development Project(WEDP). Over the past five years, WEDP reached nearly 40,000women-owned firms in Ethiopia with meso-loans and businesstraining. Many WEDP firms had been on a high-growthtrajectory, with firms that benefited from WEDP servicesgrowing incomes by 67 percent and employment by 55 percentover a three-year period prior to the crisis. This brief isbased on the results from the first round of the survey,implemented between May 15, 2020 and June 15, 2020,revealing some initial insights into the scale of theimpacts and the nature of the challenges currently facingthe WEDP firms.