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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Peru
GDP per capita	4.196
Context details	Female micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru, that volunteered to participate
Age	average: 43

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2009
Implementer	International, Local
Duration (months)	3
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	personal development, business development and management and productivity improvements

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Entry	Started a new business last year	4	1037	Coeff: 0.01; SE: 0.02; YcPost: 0.12
Complete sample	Survival	Stop any business operation — last two years	4	1037	Coeff: -0.04; SE: 0.03; YcPost: 0.16

Study	Valdivia, M., 2015. Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru. Journal of Development Economics, 113, pp.33-51.