Governments, academics, business people and the public have exhibited a growing interest and appreciation for entrepreneurs and what they can do for an economy. International agencies such as the World Bank and the U.S. Peace Corps have begun to introduce their form of “entrepreneurialism” as a recommended stimulant for third world economies. The U.N.’s 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, in furthering the status of women as an instrument of population control, prompted nations to expand their entrepreneurial, small business policies to include women. This was seen as necessary stimulant to encourage women to gain a certain economic independence which, in turn, would influence family planning and population control.