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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778351903321

Titolo

Gender and economic growth in Tanzania : : creating opportunities for women / / Amanda Ellis ...[and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington DC : , : World Bank, , [2007]

copyright 2007

ISBN

1-281-09978-3

9786611099787

0-8213-7263-7

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 140 pages ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Private sector development

Altri autori (Persone)

EllisAmanda <1962->

Disciplina

338.96780082

Soggetti

Women in development - Tanzania

Women - Government policy - Tanzania

Women - Tanzania - Social conditions

Women - Tanzania - Economic conditions

Businesswomen - Tanzania

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Tables; Figures; Matrix of Recommendations; Chapter 1 Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania; Boxes; Chapter 2 Starting and Closing a Business; Chapter 3 Access to Land and Site Development; Chapter 4 Access to Finance; Chapter 5 Operating a Business-Taxation, Infrastructure, and Access to Day Care; Chapter 6 Labor Laws-How They Affect Women; Chapter 7 Access to Commercial Justice; Chapter 8 Access to International Trade; Chapter 9 The Way Forward; Appendix 1 Notes on Data and Methodology for the Gender and Growth Chapter

References

Sommario/riassunto

While Tanzania has been at the forefront of creating a positive legal framework and political context for gender equality, certain legal, regulatory, and administrative barriers still hinder women's full participation in private sector development. This report analyzes these barriers and makes recommendations for needed change, to ensure



women's full contribution to private sector development and economic growth in Tanzania. Building on intensive stakeholder consultations and the findings of numerous studies, notably the MKURABITA diagnostic and the 2003/4 Investment Climate Assessments for Ta