NextBillion - A WDI Publication

You are invited to submit a paper to the fourth Research Conference on Accelerating Growth for Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Economies, jointly organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank Group, World Bank Group, American University, Imperial College London, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

The conference aims to promote new research and evidence on entrepreneurship, with a focus on women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs), start-ups, and micro-enterprises with growth potential. Papers using sex-disaggregated data are particularly encouraged.

In addition to academic sessions, the conference will feature a keynote address by Seema Jayachandran, Kenneth J. Boudreaux ’65 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Policy-oriented sessions will provide a platform for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to network and discuss the application of research findings to project design and implementation. These discussions will strengthen the connection between research and policy, helping to generate new evidence and define key objectives and milestones for the future.