Table 2.

Features of neo-liberal policies affecting women entrepreneurs in Sweden and Tanzania

Neo-liberal reforms affecting women’s entrepreneurship
InstitutionsKeywordsTanzanian translationSwedish translation
Formal institutionsPublic-sector retrenchmentCuts in social welfare (Caplan, 2007; Pallotti, 2008)New public management (Green-Pedersen, 2007; Berg et al., 2008; Sundin and Tillmar, 2010)
Cuts in social welfare (Ginsburg and Rosenthal, 2006)
 PrivatisationPrivatisation of infrastructures such as power, water, telecom, the container terminal and Air Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania, 2005)
Privatisation of land (Pallotti, 2008)
Opening up for foreign investments (Gibbon, 1995)
Privatisation of infrastructure such as railway, pharmaceuticals, banking, forestry and telecom (Gratzer et al., 2010)
Outsourcing to private businesses, customer-choice systems, etc. (Skolverket, 2014; Sundin and Rapp, 2006; Sundin and Tillmar, 2010)
Informal institutionsEntrepreneurialism and individualismIndividual agency and promoted locally (Pallotti, 2008)
Individualisation of land rights (Pallotti, 2008)
Self-images shaped towards independent and autonomous citizenship (Sigalla and Carney, 2012)
Entrepreneurship in school – fostering the enterprising self (Berglund, 2013)
Making women responsible for developing an entrepreneurial persona (Kantola and Outshoorn, 2007)

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