Table 1.

Study characteristics

First author (year)	Type of microenterprise development	Study location	Sampling period	Study design	Study population	Sample size	Median length of follow up (months)	CBO involvement
[26]	Microfinance	Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya	1/2002–8/ 2005	Non-experimental study with pre- and post-test measures without controls	Female sex workers who have participated in STI/HIV peer education program for at least 6 months	227	20	Yes
[27]	Small business/ skills training	Baltimore, MD USA	1/2002–6/ 2003	Non-experimental study with pre- and post-test measures without controls	Female sex workers ages 18–45 who have used heroin and/or cocaine at least weekly in past month	50	3	Yes
[21]	Small business/ skills training	Chennai, India	8/ 2008–2009	Randomized control trial	Female sex workers	100	3	Yes
[22]	Microfinance	Limpopo Province, South Africa	6/2001–2/ 2006	Cluster randomized trial	Women enrolled in combined microfinance and HIV education program	1409	24	Yes
[23]	Microfinance	Limpopo Province, South Africa	6/2001–3/ 2005	Cluster randomized trial	Young women ages 14–35 enrolled in combined microfinance and HIV education program	262	24	Yes
[25]	Microfinance	Limbe, Haiti	6/2009–8/ 2009	Cross-sectional survey	Women ages 18–49 enrolled in the Fonkoze micro-lending program	192	N/A	Yes
[28]	Microfinance and small business/skills training	Chitungwiza and Epworth, Zimbabwe	2004	Non-experimental study with pre- and post-test measures without controls	Adolescent female orphans	50	6	Yes

CBO community based organization