Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India

Jamie Halsall; Roopinder Oberoi; Ernest Christian  Winful; Kofi  Opoku-Asante; Josiah Nii Adu  Quaye; Ikra Shabbir; Claudia Quintans Costa; Michael Snowden; Stephen  Edzewodzi; Juliana Doe  Lawson; Chloe  Holland

Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India

Jamie Halsall, Roopinder Oberoi, Ernest Christian Winful, Kofi Opoku-Asante, Josiah Nii Adu Quaye, Ikra Shabbir, Claudia Quintans Costa, Michael Snowden, Stephen Edzewodzi, Juliana Doe Lawson, Chloe Holland

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Abstract

Entrepreneurship and innovation have been key drivers in the assurance of economic prosperity for developing countries. Since the publication of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 there has been a real push to create a more sustainable world and drive up economic and social equalities. However, one of the tensions in the recent past has been around the discouragement of women from the developing world engaging with entrepreneurship. The authors of this chapter provide a historical discussion on how women from India and Ghana have enhanced themselves as entrepreneurs in the post Covid world from a Portuguese perspective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook on Politics of Gender and Identity in the Lusophone World
Subtitle of host publication	Referencing the Past, Understanding the Present, and Preparing the Future
Editors	Francisco Leandro, Roopinder Oberoi, Yichao Li, Francisco Proença Garcia
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 4 Dec 2025

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Halsall, J., Oberoi, R., Winful, E. C., Opoku-Asante, K., Quaye, J. N. A., Shabbir, I., Quintans Costa, C., Snowden, M., Edzewodzi, S., Lawson, J. D., & Holland, C. (Accepted/In press). Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India. In F. Leandro, R. Oberoi, Y. Li, & F. Proença Garcia (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Politics of Gender and Identity in the Lusophone World: Referencing the Past, Understanding the Present, and Preparing the Future Palgrave Macmillan.

Halsall, Jamie ; Oberoi, Roopinder ; Winful, Ernest Christian et al. / Digging in their Heels : Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India. The Palgrave Handbook on Politics of Gender and Identity in the Lusophone World: Referencing the Past, Understanding the Present, and Preparing the Future. editor / Francisco Leandro ; Roopinder Oberoi ; Yichao Li ; Francisco Proença Garcia. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

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Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India. / Halsall, Jamie; Oberoi, Roopinder; Winful, Ernest Christian et al.
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Halsall J, Oberoi R, Winful EC, Opoku-Asante K, Quaye JNA, Shabbir I et al. Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India. In Leandro F, Oberoi R, Li Y, Proença Garcia F, editors, The Palgrave Handbook on Politics of Gender and Identity in the Lusophone World: Referencing the Past, Understanding the Present, and Preparing the Future. Palgrave Macmillan. 2025

Digging in their Heels: Understanding the Eco System for Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana and India

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