03431nam 2200697Ia 450 991044968650332120200520144314.01-280-25358-497866102535860-8213-6385-9(CKB)1000000000225133(EBL)459434(OCoLC)62425107(SSID)ssj0000087038(PQKBManifestationID)11111280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087038(PQKBWorkID)10052440(PQKB)10042861(MiAaPQ)EBC459434(Au-PeEL)EBL459434(CaPaEBR)ebr10096186(CaONFJC)MIL25358(OCoLC)935270865(EXLCZ)99100000000022513320050726d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGender and economic growth in Uganda[electronic resource] unleashing the power of women /Amanda Ellis, Claire Manuel, C. Mark BlackdenWashington, D.C. World Bank20051 online resource (106 p.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6384-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexMen 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 femaDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)Women in economic developmentUgandaSex discrimination against womenUgandaInvestments, ForeignLaw and legislationUgandaWomenUgandaEconomic conditionsUgandaEconomic conditions1979-Electronic books.Women in economic developmentSex discrimination against womenInvestments, ForeignLaw and legislationWomenEconomic conditions.338.96761/0082Ellis Amanda1962-678626Manuel Clare1962-864978Blackden C. Mark1954-864979MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449686503321Gender and economic growth in Uganda2234613UNINA