UID:
edocfu_9958092970202883
Umfang:
xi, 89 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-25358-4
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9786610253586
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0-8213-6385-9
Serie:
Directions in development
Inhalt:
Men and women both play significant, though different, economic roles in Uganda (both contribute around 50% of GDP and women are 39% of business owners). Gender inequality in access to and control of productive assets and resources acts as a brake to women's economic participation and limits economic growth. Labor and time constraints differentially affect women's and men's capacity to engage in business activity, with significant consequences for agricultural productivity in the context of strategic exports. It is therefore important for Uganda to unleash the full productive potential of fema
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Overview; Figures; Boxes; 1 Introduction; Tables; 2 How Are Growth and Gender Linked?; 3 Establishing a Business: Registration, Approvals, and Access to Finance and Capital; 4 Locating a Business: Access to Land and Site Development; 5 Operating a Business: Tax Administration and Customs; 6 Sectoral Perspective on Administrative Barriers to Investment and Labor Laws; 7 Access to Justice; 8 The Way Forward; Appendix: Summary of Consultations with Women Entrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-6384-0
Sprache:
Englisch
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