The Doing Business project is conducting a two-year research effort to identify legal and regulatory barriers facing businesswomen in 178 economies. The program will provide analysis on reforms that benefit women in business. As a part of this effort, the team will prepare profiles of women entrepreneurs describing reasons for their success, as well as highlighting some of the main legal, regulatory, and practical obstacles they faced in expanding their business. These case studies will help identify strategies to alleviate such obstacles, as well as communication approaches to promote the benefits of reform.

We welcome nominations of woman entrepreneurs. Doing Business will select from amongst the nominations, contact them, and prepare profiles on each. These profiles will be published by Doing Business.

A candidate for nomination is a woman entrepreneur who:

• Is the founder/owner of the business
• Is active in her community
• Has an experience that can offer lessons that can inform reform efforts

When submitting your nomination, kindly provide the following information:

• Full name of Nominee
• Name and type of business
• Business address, phone number, and e-mail
• Month and year business was started
• A brief biography of the nominated entrepreneur
• A brief description of the business
• A brief summary of the obstacles overcome, discoveries made, and outcomes

Nomination Deadline: January 22, 2008

Submit by e-mail to: doingbusiness@worldbank.org

For more information: www.doingbusiness.org