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Table 1 Individual and environmental constraints to entrepreneurship

From: Supporting self-employment and small-scale entrepreneurship: potential programs to improve livelihoods for vulnerable workers

Individual constraints

Environmental constraints

Aptitude

Financial services

 Personality (noncognitive skills)

 Availability of banking service

 Aspiration and preferences

 Access to credits/loan

Skills

 Financial management tools (e.g., debit/credit card)

 Basic skills

Local business environment

 Technical skills

 Regulatory and legal environment

 Business skills

 Government capacity (corruption)

 Financial capability

 Infrastructure

 Noncognitive skills (personality)

Access to markets

Social capital

Cultural factors

 Networks, associations

 Attitudes and norms

 

 Social class/status/gender