Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267760 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 1327
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
Income-generating activities performed by women are an effective way to reduce gender deprivations and disparities. In the constrained familial and community settings of developing economies, the online platform can be an appropriate means for women to carry out economic activities. In this context, certain important initiatives taken by the government of India such as the creation of Common Service Centers are worth studying. This paper critically evaluates such revolutionary online platform-based entrepreneurial initiatives using the capability approach developed by Amartya Sen. We examine how women-run businesses use the online platform and what determines their success, inputs, capabilities, and conversion factors through a case study method. Further, enterprise-level National Sample Survey Organization data at the all-India level are analyzed to show that the states that have a higher level of gender inequality are also the regions with a lower level of information and communications technology usage by women-run enterprises.
Subjects: 
common service centers (CSCs)
village-level entrepreneurs (VLEs)
capabilities
online platform
women-run enterprises
JEL: 
L26
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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