The Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship

11 Wellbeing of women entrepreneurs in rural Cusco, Peru

Success stories and entrepreneurial training

Olga Cirilo and Fernando Merino

Introduction

Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognized as an important factor to promote economic development. The channels are well known in the economic literature: entrepreneurship contributes to job creation, challenges market competitiveness, and disrupts less efficient business, among others. In this environment the analysis presented by Ghezzi and Gallardo (2013) highlights the need to promote entrepreneurial development in the rural sector, especially in the Andes and the Amazon region, as one of the pending challenges for Peru. According to these authors, increasing connectivity in rural sectors has ...