An important part of the ILO’s mandate to support women’s entrepreneurship (2008 ILO WED strategy) is to develop and make available guidance to constituents and enterprise development practitioners to promote programmes and policies that work for women in enterprise development.

How can we achieve business environment reform and ensure that entrepreneurship development interventions are sensitive to the needs of women entrepreneurs? The guides listed below provide practical advice, recommendations and good practice to enable governments, employers, worker organizations and financial and business development service providers to improve programmes, policies and services for women-led businesses at start-up and growth stages.

• Assessment of Framework Conditions for Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED Assessment): Brief overview of the methodology
• Putting gender at the heart of business environment reform
• Guide to gender-sensitive approaches to value chain development
• Gender-inclusive service provision: A quick guide for financial and business development service providers
• Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) Implementation Guide
• Manual: Facilitating peer and technical support programmes to women entrepreneurs
• A simplified guide for micro- and small-scale women cross-border traders and service providers within the East African community