Local Economic Development (LED): Boosting Employment through Small Enterprise Development

October 2009 

• Building Women Entrepreneurs’ Associations - [pdf 305 KB]
  26 October 2009 - A training tool designed to build the capacity of WEAs in running and improving their associations. (Book)
• Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Capacity Building Guide - [pdf 506 KB]
  26 October 2009 - A training tool for improving the skills of staff in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) support institutions and projects, enabling them to provide more effective services. (Book)

January 2008 

• Village Banking in LAO PDR Handbook for Village Bank Management Committees and Support Organizations - [pdf 1548 KB]
  01 January 2008 - The main objective of this handbook is to help improve management capacity at the village level and contribute to the strengthening of provision of support to village banks. As such, it is primarily designed for use by support organizations and village bank management committees. (Book)
• Village banking in Lao PDR - Ledger Guide - [pdf 163 KB]
  01 January 2008 - This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. As explained in Chapter 7 of the handbook, the ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest). (Book)

January 2007 

• Organizing Promotional Events For Women Entrepreneurs: A Guide “Month of the Women Entrepreneur” (MOWE) - [pdf 28078 KB]
  01 January 2007 - The purpose of this guide is to provide organizations with a methodology on how to organize WED celebrations, in particular, MOWE celebrations. (Book)

January 2004 

• GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise Training Package and Resource Kit - [pdf 3485 KB]
  01 January 2004 - The training package Gender and Entrepreneurship Together – GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise – aims to assist ILO partner organizations in promoting enterprise development among women in poverty who want to start or are already engaged in small-scale business. (Book)