ABSTRACT

This study explores the socio-cultural and economic context in which Igbo women’s basket weaving enterprise develops and operates in Nigeria and their beliefs about how entrepreneurial action can alleviate poverty. We conducted a qualitative study of 48 Igbo women entrepreneurs who run local basket weaving enterprise in 16 rural communities of 4 out of the 5 Igbo States (southeast region) of Nigeria, to explore the impact of informal entrepreneurial learning, socio-cultural and economic issues, individual values in business start-ups and development in the cities after post-primary education in an attempt to alleviate poverty in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 1). Focusing on three dominant themes (including socio-cultural and economic issues of the Igbo women basket weaving entrepreneurs, etcetera) from the thematic analysis, we analyze the factors that contribute to understanding the socio-cultural context of the Igbo women’s basket weaving enterprise in Nigeria. Findings provide a framework of the Igbo women entrepreneurs’ poverty alleviation and show evidence of a perspective of entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation that is different from the mainstream entrepreneurship literature on poverty alleviation.

摘要

本研究探讨了伊博妇女篮子编织企业在尼日利亚发展和运营的社会文化和经济背景，以及她们对创业行动如何减轻贫困的看法。我们对在尼日利亚 5 个伊博州（东南地区）中的 4 个州的 16 个农村社区经营当地篮子编织企业的 48 名伊博女企业家进行了定性研究，以探讨非正式创业学习、社会文化和经济问题的影响, 初等教育后城市创业和发展中的个人价值观，以试图根据可持续发展目标 (SDG 1) 减轻贫困。从专题分析中重点关注三个主要专题（包括伊博女篮编织企业家的社会文化和经济问题等），我们分析了有助于理解尼日利亚伊博妇女篮子编织企业的社会文化背景的因素。研究结果提供了伊博女企业家扶贫的框架，并证明了创业扶贫视角不同于主流的扶贫创业文献。