Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (35 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Davies, Elwyn Training Microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
Keywords:
Adult Remote Learning
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Business Training
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Digital Delivery
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Educational Sciences
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Microenterprises
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Private Sector Development
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Remote Skill Training Effectiveness
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Skills Development and Labor Force Training
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Social Protections and Labor
Abstract:
Standard in-person business training programs are costly and difficult to scale to the millions of microenterprises in the developing world. The authors conducted an experiment to test the feasibility, cost-savings, and impact of delivering live training sessions over Zoom to microentrepreneurs in Mexico and Guatemala. This paper demonstrates that it is now feasible to recruit and train self-employed women online, covering a wide geographic area, with few technology issues. However, the cost savings over in-person classes are less than expected. Training improved business practices and performance over two months, but the impacts had dissipated within six months
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-10574
URL:
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