twenty-four per cent of the women online entrepreneurs were compelled to close their businesses in June as their desperate efforts to stay afloat since the pandemic went in vain, a new study found. Of the women entrepreneurs who tried hard to reduce the loss in revenue by cancelling orders and selling off stocks in April, a quarter closed their businesses finally in June, said the study by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) under the BRAC University. Mehnaz Rabbani, programme lead for research, policy, and governance at the BIGD, presented the findings of the study titled “Knocked Down, but Up Again: The Case of Female Online Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh” at a webinar yesterday. The study selected small online businesses owned by women mostly in the informal sector.
twenty-four per cent of the women online entrepreneurs were compelled to close their businesses in June as their desperate efforts to stay afloat since the pandemic went in vain, a new study found. Of the women entrepreneurs who tried hard to reduce the loss in revenue by cancelling orders and selling off stocks in April, a quarter closed their businesses finally in June, said the study by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) under the BRAC University. Mehnaz Rabbani, programme lead for research, policy, and governance at the BIGD, presented the findings of the study titled “Knocked Down, but Up Again: The Case of Female Online Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh” at a webinar yesterday. The study selected small online businesses owned by women mostly in the informal sector.
