Can entrepreneurial skills be taught? : experimental evidence from young Tanzania

Abstract

In this paper we are interested in measuring the impact of a business training program held in Dar es Salaam as a partnership between the Norwegian School of Economics and the University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) on participants’ entrepreneurial skills. Our findings show that weekend-long business training had a strong positive effect on business knowledge and indicates some effect on financial and risk management skills.