Bank loans access for women business-owners in Bangladesh: Obstacles and dependence on husbands
研究孟加拉国女性企业主在申请小企业贷款时面临的性别障碍，发现她们依赖丈夫应对这些障碍，并提出政策建议以支持女性创业促进社会经济发展。
The extant literature concerning accessing bank loans of women entrepreneurs is almost exclusively concentrated on gender discrimination by lending officers in developed economies. Nevertheless, this feminist study on a highly patriarchal developing country, Bangladesh, substantially extends the view. Based on the interviews of women business-owners, it unveils different gender-specific obstacles at the public and private places in applying for loans for their small firms. It contributes novel insights into how women business-owners are dependent on husbands to manage such instances. Accordingly, it provides policy recommendations to overcome the gendered barriers in supporting the socio-economic development through women’s entrepreneurial ventures.