Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh
In this pilot project, we demonstrate the exciting potential of online freelancing for improving the incomes of poor youth in rural Bangladesh. We also highlight the constraints to this type of work: financing constraints for the high training cost, access to the necessary work infrastructure, and s...
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Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL)
2021
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| author | Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Meki, Muhammad Quinn, Simon Shonchoy, Abu |
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| description | In this pilot project, we demonstrate the exciting potential of online freelancing for improving the incomes of poor youth in rural Bangladesh. We also highlight the constraints to this type of work: financing constraints for the high training cost, access to the necessary work infrastructure, and soft skills requirements to success in the market. We shed light on some promising possibilities for innovative financing contracts and for ‘virtual exporting companies’ to act as freelancing incubators and assist students in their development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1439442024-10-25T07:59:42Z Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Meki, Muhammad Quinn, Simon Shonchoy, Abu income youth employment policies training capacity development youth labour microenterprises credit rural areas skill training In this pilot project, we demonstrate the exciting potential of online freelancing for improving the incomes of poor youth in rural Bangladesh. We also highlight the constraints to this type of work: financing constraints for the high training cost, access to the necessary work infrastructure, and soft skills requirements to success in the market. We shed light on some promising possibilities for innovative financing contracts and for ‘virtual exporting companies’ to act as freelancing incubators and assist students in their development. 2021-04-23 2024-05-22T12:18:18Z 2024-05-22T12:18:18Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143944 en https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2021/04/25/online-freelancing-in-bangladesh-constraints-there-potentials-overriding Open Access Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Meki, Muhammad; Quinn, Simon; and Shonchoy, Abu. 2021. Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh. PEDL ERG Research 5246. Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL). https://pedl.cepr.org/publications/skin-game-microequity-and-mentorship-online-freelancing-based-microentrepreneurs |
| spellingShingle | income youth employment policies training capacity development youth labour microenterprises credit rural areas skill training Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Meki, Muhammad Quinn, Simon Shonchoy, Abu Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title | Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Skin in the game: Microequity and mentorship for online freelancing-based microentrepreneurs in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | skin in the game microequity and mentorship for online freelancing based microentrepreneurs in bangladesh |
| topic | income youth employment policies training capacity development youth labour microenterprises credit rural areas skill training |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143944 |
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