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2. Effectiveness of active labour market policies for job creation and earnings of the self-employed. (2025). Rey-Carmona, Francisco J ; Castillo-Canalejo, Ana M ; Cabeza-Ramrez, Javier L ; Snchez-Caizares, Sandra M.
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3. Employment Effects of Skills Trainings in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials. (2025). Lay, Jann ; Schnars, Regina ; Lakemann, Tabea ; Beber, Bernd.
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4. Easing credit for small firms amidst expansionary policy shifts: Iran 2005–2013. (2025). Esfahani, Hadi Salehi ; Amini, Amirhossein.
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5. The effects of EU grants on SMEs: Evidence from Bulgaria. (2025). Vutsova, Albena ; Vassileva, Iglika ; Nigohosyan, Daniel.
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6. Employment effects of skills trainings in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of recent randomized controlled trials. (2024). Lay, Jann ; Beber, Bernd ; Lakemann, Tabea ; Schnars, Regina.
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7. Analysis of the impact of financial inclusion and FinTech on youth labour force participation in the MENA region. (2024). Jabrane, Amaghouss ; Hanane, Elmasmari.
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8. Effects of a business support program on firm performances in France. (2024). L'Horty, Yannick ; Mihoubi, Ferhat ; Gilles, Fabrice.
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9. More Bang for Your Buck: Best-Practice Recommendations for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Job Creation Studies. (2024). Bernal-Turnes, Paloma ; Ernst, Ricardo.
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10. Impact of government support policies on entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance. (2024). Miles, Morgan P ; Gronum, Sarel ; Adhikari, Rajendra P ; Prasannath, Vanitha.
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11. Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries. (2024). Cho, Yoonyoung.
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12. Energy efficiency, financial inclusion, and socio-economic outcomes: Evidence across advanced, emerging, and developing countries. (2024). Al-Faryan, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Sa ; Oyewole, Oluwatomisin J ; Adekoya, Oluwasegun B ; Oliyide, Johnson A.
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13. PROTOCOL: Effects of interventions to improve access to financial services for micro‐, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map. (2023). White, Howard ; lensink, robert ; dela Cruz, Nina Ashley ; Tolin, Lovely Ann ; Cyrielle, Alyssa ; Disse, Sabrina.
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14. Shaping Better Jobs Policies Through Measurement. (2023). Osborne, Theresa ; Romero, Jose Manuel.
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15. The Effectiveness of Management Training Programs: A Meta-Analytic Review. (2023). Busso, Matias ; Irazoque, Nicolas ; Park, Kyunglin.
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16. The Causal Impact of Covid-19 Government-backed Loans on MSMEs Liquidity and Earnings. (2023). Parrado, Eric ; Higgins, Sean ; Undurraga, Raimundo ; Gertler, Paul ; Cerda, Maikol ; Montoya, Ana Maria.
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17. Understanding Informality : Comprehensive Business-Level Data and Descriptive Findings. (2022). Jolevski, Filip ; Aberra, Adam ; Karalashvili, Nona ; Aga, Gemechu A.
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18. Embedding Design Thinking Paradigm in a University’s Business Assistance to Small Business. (2022). Maryanti, Sri ; Sudiar, Nining ; Hardi, Hardi ; Suci, Afred.
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19. The Scope of the Activity Carried out by Business Support Organizations in Poland. (2022). Leonski, Wojciech.
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20. The challenges of supporting necessity entrepreneurs: Understanding loan officer exit in microfinance. (2022). Wry, Tyler ; Doering, Laura.
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21. Skills Development and Training Interventions in Africa: Findings, Challenges, and Opportunities. (2021). Lay, Jann ; Beber, Bernd ; Lakemann, Tabea ; Dworschak, Regina ; Priebe, Jan.
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22. How different are necessity and opportunity firms? Evidence from a quantile analysis of the Colombian microenterprise sector. (2021). Torres, Omar Rodriguez.
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23. Public SME grants and firm performance in European Union: A systematic review of empirical evidence. (2021). Srhoj, Stjepan ; Pantea, Smaranda ; Dvouletý, Ondřej.
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24. Short-Term Impacts of Targeted Cash Grants and Business Development Services: Experimental Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso. (2021). Grimm, Michael ; Soubeiga, Sidiki ; Weber, Michael.
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25. Unveiling the Nexus between Access to Electricity, Firm Size and SME’s Performance in Bangladesh: New Evidence Using PSM. (2021). Ali, Zahid ; Chuanmin, Shuai ; Usman, Muhammad ; Shahid, Mohammad Abir ; Sokolova, Marcela ; Akbar, Ahsan ; Rahman, Abm Munibur.
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26. The effectiveness of interventions to reduce informality in low- and middle-income countries. (2021). Jessen, Jonas ; Kluve, Jochen.
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27. The market-based dissemination of energy-access technologies as a business model for rural entrepreneurs: Evidence from Kenya. (2021). Stöterau, Jonathan ; Bensch, Gunther ; Stoterau, Jonathan ; Kluve, Jochen.
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28. The Impact of Financial Inclusion on Unemployment Rate in Developing Countries. (2021). Ashraf, Salah ; Marwa, Elsherif ; Mehry, El-Bourainy.
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29. Using Experimental Evidence to Inform Firm Support Programs in Developing Countries. (2020). Imbruno, Michele ; Grover, Arti Goswami.
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30. Short- vs Long-Term Intergenerational Correlations of Employment and Self-Employment in Europe. (2020). Velilla, Jorge ; Molina, José Alberto ; Gimenez Nadal, Jose ; Gimenez-Nadal, Ignacio J.
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31. Evidence from global practices of active labour market policies for young people’s transition to work. (2020). Bird, Nicol.
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32. Shedding light on the shadows of informality: A meta-analysis of formalization interventions targeted at informal firms. (2020). Wagner, Natascha ; Demena, Binyam Afewerk ; Floridi, Andrea.
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33. The medium-term impact of entrepreneurship education on labor market outcomes: Experimental evidence from university graduates in Tunisia. (2020). Premand, Patrick ; Brodmann, Stefanie ; Alaref, Jumana.
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34. SME Financing in MENA: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Multilateral and Bilateral Development Lenders’ Intermediated Lending Practices. (2020). Jean, Langlois ; Benedikt, Barthelmess.
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35. What works for Active Labor Market Policies?. (2019). Montane, Martin ; Sartorio, Luca.
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36. What works for Active Labor Market Policies?. (2019). Levy Yeyati, Eduardo ; Montane, Martin ; Sartorio, Luca.
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37. Resampling and bootstrap algorithms to assess the relevance of variables: applications to cross section entrepreneurship data. (2019). Velilla, Jorge ; Molina, José Alberto ; Gimenez Nadal, Jose ; Lafuente, Miguel ; Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio.
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38. The impact of business-support services on firm performance: a meta-analysis. (2019). Piza, Caio ; Cravo, Túlio.
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39. Shedding light on the shadows of informality. (2019). Wagner, Natascha ; Demena, B A ; Floridi, A.
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40. Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? A quantitative review. (2019). Stöterau, Jonathan ; Romero, Jose ; Robalino, David ; Stoterau, Jonathan ; Kluve, Jochen ; Rother, Friederike ; Weidenkaff, Felix ; Puerto, Susana ; Witte, Marc.
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41. Empowering women micro-entrepreneurs in emerging economies: The role of information communications technology. (2019). Crittenden, William F ; Ajjan, Haya.
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42. Who creates jobs in transition economies? The role of entrepreneurial risk preferences.. (2019). Yusupov, Nurmukhammad ; Ahunov, Muzaffarjon ; Abdurazzakova, Dilnavoz.
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43. What Works for Active Labor Market Policies?. (2019). Levy Yeyati, Eduardo.
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44. Do Firms Supported by Credit Guarantee Schemes Report Better Financial Results 2 Years After the End of Intervention?. (2019). Dvouletý, Ondřej ; Cadil, Jan ; Karel, Mironik ; Ondej, Dvoulet ; Jan, Adil.
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45. The evidence is in : how should youth employment programs in low-income countries be designed ?. (2018). Fox, Louise ; Kaul, Upaasna.
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46. What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations. (2018). Weber, Andrea ; Card, David ; Kluve, Jochen.
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47. Does crime deter South Africans from self-employment?. (2018). Grimm, Michael ; Grabrucker, Katharina.
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48. Factors Affecting Access to Formal Credit by Micro and Small Enterprises in Uganda. (2018). Mutenyo, John ; Buyinza, Faisal ; Tibaingana, Anthony.
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49. Determinants of entrepreneurship using fuzzy set methods: Europe vs. non-Europe. (2017). Velilla, Jorge ; Ortega, Raquel.
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50. Microfinance beyond self-employment: Evidence for firms in Bulgaria. (2017). .
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51. Can Efficient Provision of Business Development Services Bring Better Results for SMEs?: Evidence from a Networking Project in Thailand. (2017). Suzuki, Aya ; Igei, Kengo.
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52. Effects of Soft Loans and Credit Guarantees on Performance of Supported Firms: Evidence from the Czech Public Programme START. (2017). Dvouletý, Ondřej.
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53. Microfinance beyond self-employment: Evidence for firms in Bulgaria. (2017). Erhardt, Eva.
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54. The School-to-work transition in developing countries. (2017). Nilsson, Björn.
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55. Bangladesh Social Protection and Labor Review. (2016). Bank, World.
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56. Supporting self-employment and small-scale entrepreneurship: potential programs to improve livelihoods for vulnerable workers. (2016). Robalino, David ; Cho, Yoonyoung ; Watson, Samantha.
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57. Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work. (2016). Dercon, Stefan ; Blattman, Christopher.
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58. Do Youth Employment Programs Improve Labor Market Outcomes? A Systematic Review. (2016). Stöterau, Jonathan ; Romero, Jose ; Robalino, David ; Stoterau, Jonathan ; Kluve, Jochen ; Rother, Friederike ; Weidenkaff, Felix ; Puerto, Olga Susana ; Witte, Marc.
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59. The Impact of Business Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises on Firm Performance in Low -and Middle- Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis. (2016). Piza, Caio.
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60. Does Managerial Capital also Matter Among Micro and Small Firms in Developing Countries?. (2016). Demenet, Axel.
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61. Identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship : experimental evidence from a business plan competition. (2015). McKenzie, David.
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62. Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries. (2015). Cho, Yoonyoung.
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63. Self-employment programmes for young people : a review of the context, policies and evidence. (2015). Pye, Nick ; Hall, Edward ; Burchell, Brendan ; Coutts, Adam.
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