Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia

Mary Ann Maslak is Professor of Education at St. John's University, USA. Her research interests focus on gender and the sociology of education as they relates to adolescent girls and adult women. She has written on the policies and practices of education related to girls and women in South and East Asia.

• Part I: Economies and Documents.- Chapter 1. The Formal and Informal Economies: Setting the Stage for Female Entrepreneurship in Asia.- Chapter 2. Global Initiatives for Female Entrepreneurship: The Sustainable Development and Millennium Development Goals.- Part II: Country-Level Initiatives.- Chapter 3. Country-Level Initiatives: China’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 4. Country-Level Initiatives: India’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 5. Country-Level Initiatives: Japan’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 6. Country-Level Initiatives: Indonesia’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 7. Country-Level Initiatives: Singapore’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship.- Part III: Case Studies.- Chapter 8. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of China.- Chapter 9. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of India.- Chapter 10. Women Learningabout Entrepreneurship: The Case of the “Hungry Spirit” of the Japan.- Chapter 11. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of Indonesia.- Chapter 12. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of Singapore.- Part IV: Frameworks.- Chapter 13. A Conceptual & Theoretical Framework for Examining Women’s Learning about Entrepreneurship.- Part V: Future Directions.- Chapter 14. Directions for Female Entrepreneurship: Thinking about Educational Programs.