Women Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship

Lavanya (Department of Commerce and Business Management, Satavahana U., India) addresses several aspects of women as entrepreneurs in India and the country's Eleventh Five Year Plan and its recognition--for the first time--of women as equal citizens and as agents of social and economic growth. Subjects include: problems facing women as entrepreneurs in India, efforts to increase the entrepreneurship of women, training and motivation, and institutions involved in promoting entrepreneurship. The author also discusses the experiences of other countries. Distributed in North America by ISBS. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)