Entrepreneurial initiative
Bangladesh now has 7 million small entrepreneurs, accounting for over 4% of the country’s total population, helping the country to rank 133rd out of 137 countries in the Global Entrepreneurship Index 2017. According to Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), Bangladesh ranks last among all Asian countries. Several studies have revealed that young entrepreneurs face a range of youth-specific problems in starting and doing their business such as, lack of access to capital and credit, lack of trust among suppliers and customers, lack of family support, lack of experiences and skill, etc.