| Title |
Policy evaluations of microenterprise business support services in Latin America: A systematic review |
| Authors |
PADILLA ANGULO, LAURA, LASARTE LÓPEZ, JESÚS MIGUEL, CALDENTEY DEL POZO, PEDRO |
| External publication |
No |
| Means |
EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING |
| Scope |
Article |
| Nature |
Científica |
| JCR Quartile |
2 |
| SJR Quartile |
2 |
| JCR Impact |
1.5 |
| SJR Impact |
0.457 |
| Web |
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144794955&doi=10.1016%2fj.evalprogplan.2022.102212&partnerID=40&md5=c550b0b3c8542ec9a9c156187683cc65 |
| Publication date |
01/04/2023 |
| ISI |
000914027800001 |
| Scopus Id |
2-s2.0-85144794955 |
| DOI |
10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102212 |
| Abstract |
Microenterprises represent 88.4 % of Latin American enterprises, and many countries in the region have developed microenterprise promotion policies in recent years; however, rigorous evaluation remains a pending issue. To shed light on the research done on this topic over the last 20 years and propose a roadmap for the policy evaluation of microenterprise business support services and the development of microenterprise indicators, this work conducts a systematic review, following the PRISMA guidelines, of peer-reviewed journal articles examining the impact of business support services on microenterprise performance in low- and middle-income Latin American countries. We identified 679 studies, and 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. We found that the literature is surprisingly scarce; most studies focus on credits and impacts on financial performance and concentrate on Mexico; and only three articles involve randomised controlled trials. Our results have important implications for policymakers and future research. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd |
| Keywords |
article; human; Mexico; middle income group; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; randomized controlled trial (topic); South and Central America; systematic review |
| Universidad Loyola members |
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