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Can Business Grants Mitigate a Crisis ? Evidence from Youth Entrepreneurs in Kenya during COVID-19 (English)

COVID-19 was a major shock to youth entrepreneurs and their businesses in Kenya. This paper studies the causal impact of grants—worth two months of baseline business revenue—and business development services as potential mitigation measures. Using multiple rounds of phone surveys up to seven months from the start of the pandemic, the analysis finds that youth who are assigned business grants or a combination of grants and business development services...
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Domenella,Yanina Eliana; Jamison,Julian C; Safir,Abla; Zia,Bilal Husnain.

Can Business Grants Mitigate a Crisis ? Evidence from Youth Entrepreneurs in Kenya during COVID-19 (English). COVID-19 (Coronavirus)|Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9874 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/259881638890834773

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