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Table 3. Sample Characteristics by RegionAll sample AFR EAP ECA LAC MENA SARTotal number of estimates 1,116 185 119 180 318 96 218Type of intervention (% )Training only 22.3% 21.6% 6.7% 21.1% 37.7% - 19.7%Training+Counseling 11.2% - - - 20.8% 61.5% -Financing only 50.1% 58.4% 93.3% 78.9% 9.1% 38.5% 60.6%Financing+Counseling 8.9% - - - 29.9% - 1.8%Training+Financing 6.3% 16.8% - - - - 17.9%Outcome Groups (% )LM Activity 21.7% 10.3% 20.2% 36.7% 29.2% 31.3% 4.6%LM Income 27.7% 22.7% 35.3% 21.7% 31.8% 19.8% 30.3%Financial Behavior 11.5% 20.5% 29.4% 10.0% 2.8% 4.2% 11.0%Business Knowledge and Practice 13.9% 10.8% - 11.1% 16.4% 16.7% 21.6%Business Performance 16.5% 20.0% 10.1% 16.7% 16.7% 11.5% 18.8%Attitudes 9.0% 15.7% 6.7% 3.9% 3.1% 16.7% 13.8%Population Groups (% )Female 26.3% 27.0% 74.8% 6.7% 15.7% 11.5% 37.2%Youth 14.6% 11.4% - 27.8% 10.4% 61.5% -High Education 16.8% 8.6% 21.8% 20.0% 12.9% 61.5% 4.1%SA beneficiaries 14.3% 11.4% - - 43.7% - -Entrepreneurs 34.6% 50.3% 26.1% 26.7% 45.3% 8.3% 28.4%Microcredit clients 27.3% 24.3% 3.4% 21.1% 34.9% - 49.1%Urban 43.9% 76.8% 17.6% 21.1% 52.5% 61.5% 28.9%Providers (% )Government agencies 21.4% 11.9% - - 49.1% 61.5% 0.9%NGOs and community organizers 35.2% 15.7% 79.0% - 56.9% - 40.8%Universities/researchers 20.7% 38.9% 17.6% - 2.2% 61.5% 33.0%MFIs or banks 56.5% 49.7% 100.0% 100.0% 34.9% 38.5% 41.7%Notes: Type of interventions and outcomes include mutually exclusive categories while the type of beneficiaries andproviders of the programs are not defined in a mutually exclusive way. The categories of beneficiaries can overalp and theprograms are often delivered by multiple agencies.30