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The question of the wealth of nations has been at the center of economics for more than two centuries. There is now increasing focus, both in academic and policy realms, on the entrepreneur as the driver of economic growth. For policymakers, the focus on entrepreneurship has been a recent phenomenon. In 1998, the OECD launched a program," Fostering Entrepreneurship," to better understand the role of entrepreneurs in the economy at large. Governments throughout the world have launched various initiatives designed to promote entrepreneurship and economic growth (Reynolds, Hay, and Camp 1999). The importance of the entrepreneur in economic development has also been realized by the key international aid organizations. The World Bank, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have all commissioned studies and undertaken initiatives to …