Title: Entrepreneurship development: an innovative model to integrate women's participation in the modernisation of China

Authors: Raymond W.Y. Kao, Leong Choon Chiang

Addresses: Nanyang Business School S3-B1C-117, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore. Nanyang Business School S3-B1C-117, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

Abstract: This paper describes a training and development programme model. The United National Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) initiated the programme, in collaboration with the All China Women|s Federation and its training institutions. The purpose of this Training-of-Trainers Programme was to promote women|s participation in the modernisation of China. The programme involved three phases in its implementation: Phase 1, the training of Chinese national experts by international experts; Phase 2, the trained national experts training township and village enterprise women entrepreneur/managers in a pilot test; and Phase 3, Chinese national experts training the national trainers. The expectation is for the programme to be disseminated into the provinces and subsequently into rural China.

Keywords: entrepreneurship in China; women|s participation in enterprise development; United National Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO); All China Women|s Federation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2001.000461

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2001 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.356-365

Published online: 16 Jul 2003 *

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