Gender opportunities and constraints to integrating information and communication technologies in micro and small enterprises
| Areas | : | Employment, productivity and innovation |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher/s in charge | : | Juana Kuramoto |
| Other researchers | : | Juan Jose Diaz, Nestor Valdivia |
| Execution time | : | January 2006 |
Presentation
The goal of this project is to study, under a gender perspective, the opportunities and constraints that handcraft and agriculture MSEs face to deploy ICTs as tools to gain markets.
The specific goals are:
– to describe gender-based differences regarding the employment in handcraft and agriculture MSEs.
– to identify opportunities and constraints to increase the MSEs access to ICTs.
– to review the perspectives used in Peru to integrate ICTs and MSEs, as well as the resulting intervention programs.
– to current access and use of ICTs in Peru (stressing the use of internet booths).
– to provide policy recommendations to support and strengthen the exporting capacity of MSEs.
