on the other hand the incubators operated by afem the ebwa and the jfbpw are incubating as many women s enterprises as of the mainstream business incubators combined this suggests that when women s enterprises are specifically targeted for incubation and the entrepreneurs are provided with preincubation preparation women s business incubators can be instrumental in producing a pipeline of viable jobcreating enterprises with potential for growth donors and international organisations have been vital in promoting the provision of bds and incubation services to women entrepreneurs in the developing mena economies donorsupported msme projects often set targets for the inclusion of women among beneficiaries such as the cidafunded eedp project through el mobadara in addition special bds projects targeting women are largely donorfunded such as the business development center in the bwfpalestine cherie blair foundation for women and the entreelles in regions project in morocco giz