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World Development

Volume 18, Issue 5, May 1990, Pages 695-705
World Development

Sex differences in access to a small enterprise development fund in Peru

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Abstract

In an attempt to ensure that the direct benefits of an urban small enterprise project were reaching women, the Industrial Bank of Peru undertook a study of the constraints to women's access to a major credit program it had initiated in the squatter settlements (pueblos jo´venes) of Lima. The study found that the low proportion of women among the program's borrowers was not due to more women being rejected when they applied for loans, but to the fact that few women applied. High collateral requirements and complicated application procedures deterred women from applying. Those women who did apply received smaller loans than men and were concentrated in garment manufacture, services and commerce. Taking these factors into account, the authors make recommendations for ways to enhance women's participation in the credit scheme and similar small enterprise programs in the developing countries.

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The authors are grateful to Stephen Gross, from AITEC International, for his valuable contribution as a member of the technical assistance team, and to staff from USAID/Peru and the Industrial Bank of Peru, especially Carlos Figueroa, Ce´sar Rivas Plata, Maria Eugenia Tuesta, Magda Vilela de Cervantes, Juan Julio Yupanqui and the credit analysts from the Agencies of Comas, San Juan de Miraflores and Chimbote.

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