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Teaching business in Tanzania : evaluating participation and performance

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Tungodden, Bertil
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2009-10
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Abstract
There is increased awareness that success among small scale entrepreneurs in developing countries

requires more than microfinance, and that an important limiting factor for business growth is the level

of human capital among the entrepreneurs. The present paper uses a randomized control trial to

evaluate a business training program in Tanzania. Our results show that there is a positive average

treatment effect on business knowledge. It also appears that training has a stronger effect on the

entrepreneurs with less formal education. Paradoxically, these entrepreneurs are also less consistent in

their participation in the training program. An important implication from our study is therefore that

when providing business training, special care should be given to ensure high participation rates.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
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2009:15

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