Dr B K Mukhopadhyay
(The author is a Professor of Management and Economics, formerly at IIBM (RBI) Guwahati. He can be contacted at m.bibhas@gmail.com)
Dr. Boidurjo Rick Mukhopadhyay
(The author, international award-winning development and management economist, formerly a Gold Medalist in Economics at Gauhati University)
In most of the developing economies, women constitute 70-80% of the total agricultural labour force and they account for over 80% of food production. In the micro and small-scale enterprises MSE sector worldwide, women make up one-quarter to one-third of the total business population and in manufacturing they constitute one-third of the global labour force. However, women and girls also constitute three-fifths from a staggering 75% of the world s poor who live in rural areas. Despite enterprises that are women led or managed making substantial contribution to expanding enterprises consequentially boosting economic development and job creation, there s still lim