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The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Report by the WorldBank that contains best practices how to increase women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Women Matter

As part of its partnership with the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society McKinsey has been developing knowledge about gender diversity and corporate performance for the past two years.

Institute for Women's Policy Research

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Voices of UAE Women Business Leaders

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Doing Business 2012

Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 183 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation.

OECD-MENA Women's Business Forum

A platform for empowering women in business: http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,3746,en_34645207_34645590_44092488_1_1_1_1,00.html

Forbes recommended small business blogs

http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=320

Wall Street Journal: Small Business

Small business news: http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-small-business-marketing.html

Doing Business in the Arab World 2011.

This World Bank report analyzes business regulation and protection of property rights in 20 economies in the Arab world (http://www.doingbusiness.org/reports/regional-reports/arab-world).

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