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THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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Marko Janaćković ,
Marko Janaćković
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Academy Of Professional Studies South Serbia , Leskovac , Serbia

Marija Petrović-Ranđelović
Marija Petrović-Ranđelović

University of Niš , Niš , Serbia

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment on the important component of social development, women's entrepreneurship. Promoting gender equality is one of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which advocates for the reduction of women's unemployment as well as their empowerment. The country of Turkey was taken as an example, for the reason that there has been an increase in women's entrepreneurial activity in the last two decades, but it is still not at а level of entrepreneural development in developed countries. The paper pays special attention to the answer on the question of whether foreign direct investment contributes to higher employment of women in Turkey, as well as to identify the obstacles that stand in the way of women's empowerment and the development of women's entrepreneurship. The practical examples described in the paper unequivocally indicate the importance of the development of women's entrepreneurship, as well as the fact that the bearers of Turkey's economic policy in the future must pay more attention to the issue of attracting foreign direct investment.

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