Strengthening Entrepreneurship in Fragile States: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Development

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Speakers
Eileen Hoffman

Senior Technical Specialist, Economic Development, CHF International

Simon Winter

Senior Vice President of Development, TechnoServe

Presider
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Women and Foreign Policy Program

This was a meeting of the Roundtable Series on Entrepreneurs and Market Linkages.

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