Gender and economic growth in Uganda : unleashing the power of women / / Amanda Ellis, Claire Manuel, C. Mark Blackden
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| Autore: |
Ellis Amanda <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Gender and economic growth in Uganda : unleashing the power of women / / Amanda Ellis, Claire Manuel, C. Mark Blackden
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xi, 89 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina: | 338.96761/0082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women in economic development - Uganda |
| Sex discrimination against women - Uganda | |
| Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation - Uganda | |
| Women - Uganda - Economic conditions | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Uganda Economic conditions 1979- |
| Altri autori: |
ManuelClare <1962->
BlackdenC. Mark <1954->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gender and economic growth in Uganda |
| ISBN: | 1-280-25358-4 |
| 9786610253586 | |
| 0-8213-6385-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825581603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)