Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 89 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2006 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0821363840
Series Statement:
Directions in development
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821363843
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda : Unleashing the Power of Women
Language:
English
