LEADER 03581oam 22007335 450 001 9910783452403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-25358-4 010 $a9786610253586 010 $a0-8213-6385-9 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6384-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000225133 035 $a(EBL)459434 035 $a(OCoLC)62425107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087038 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111280 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087038 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052440 035 $a(PQKB)10042861 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459434 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459434 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10096186 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL25358 035 $a(OCoLC)935270865 035 $a(The World Bank)2005044984 035 $a(US-djbf)14051947 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000225133 100 $a20050726d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGender and economic growth in Uganda : $eunleashing the power of women /$fAmanda Ellis, Claire [sic] Manuel, C. Mark Blackden 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2006. 215 $axi, 89 pages $cillustrations ;$d23 cm 225 1 $aDirections in development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6384-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aMen and women both play significant, though different, economic roles in Uganda (both contribute around 50% of GDP and women are 39% of business owners). Gender inequality in access to and control of productive assets and resources acts as a brake to women's economic participation and limits economic growth. Labor and time constraints differentially affect women's and men's capacity to engage in business activity, with significant consequences for agricultural productivity in the context of strategic exports. It is therefore important for Uganda to unleash the full productive potential of fema 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aWomen in economic development$zUganda 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zUganda 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation$zUganda 606 $aWomen$zUganda$xEconomic conditions 607 $aUganda$xEconomic conditions$y1979- 615 0$aWomen in economic development 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a338.96761/0082 700 $aEllis$b Amanda$f1962-$0678626 701 $aManuel$b Clare$f1962-$01483027 701 $aBlackden$b C. Mark$f1954-$01365944 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783452403321 996 $aGender and economic growth in Uganda$93701018 997 $aUNINA