Gender imbalance: an evil to entrepreneurship development
Kikula J.S / 1999

Gender imbalance has in a way been identified as one of the hinderances for entrepreneurship development. in fact women enterepreneurs are not sufficiently represented in the business sector in a wide range of countries. There is a mixed trend with same countries displaying a positive trend while others, (the majority), displaying a decline in the number or women involved Into business. The author of this paper contends that gander imbalance 'is an evil to entrepreneurship development" the effect of which is seen or reflected in the set of bias that inhibits women entry into entrepreneurship development. The paper has given an analysis of trend in women self employment, cultural hostility professional and occupational opportunity constraint, access to resources and managerial attitudes as the set of bias Inter alia leading to entrepreneurial under development. The paper gives a general observation of the situation in Institutions in Tanzania and legal move towards alleviating the biasness,