The National Women's Business Council is committed to conducting groundbreaking research on issues of importance to women business owners. In fact, federal mandate dictates that 55 percent of the Council's annual budget should be spent on research activities.

The Council's leading edge research reports -- internationally respected for their integrity and validity -- enlighten, inform and provide policy guidance to policymakers, women business owners, the media and others on critical issues including:

• Access to capital
• Access to entrepreneurial education, training and technical assistance
• Access to affordable health care
• Women-led firms and venture capital investment;
• Women-owned firms in federal procurement
• Collecting comprehensive statistics to provide an accurate profile of women business owners and their enterprises

The Council's research is action-oriented, including recommendations on initiatives and programs and descriptions of best practices.

Annual Reports
You will find the NWBC Annual Reports from 2001 to present.

Newsletter
Engage! is the newsletter of the NWBC and is published six times a year.

Issues in Brief

NWBC publishes short, concise reports on specific topics of interest to women in business.

Key Facts
You'll find fact sheets and links to other Web sites that contain useful facts about women business owners and their enterprises.

Listing of Reports
All of the reports published by the NWBC are listed here in chronological order.

Papers/Op-Ed Articles
Here you'll find recent articles as well as papers that NWBC has published.