Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda : Unleashing the Power of Women
Amanda Ellis, Claire Manuel, Mark Blackden
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 womens economic participation and limits economic growth. Labor and time constraints differentially affect womens and mens 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 female as well as male economic actors, if it is to achieve high and sustained rates of pro-poor growth. This book considers the relationship between gender and economic growth in Uganda in the specific context of promoting womens business and entrepreneurship. Building on the findings of the FIAS Uganda Administrative Barriers to Investment Report, 2003, Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda identifies specific legal and administrative barriers to investment that have a gender dimension.
年:
2005
版本:
1
出版商:
World Bank Publications
語言:
english
頁數:
106
ISBN 10:
0821363859
ISBN 13:
9780821363850
系列:
Directions in Development
文件:
PDF, 1.36 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2005