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Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda : Unleashing the Power of Women.
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 ec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Herndon :
World Bank Publications,
2005.
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| Colección: | Directions in Development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Overview; Key Findings; The Way Forward; 1 Introduction; The Legal Framework and Political Context for Gender Equality; Initiatives to Address Growth and Gender Issues; 2 How Are Growth and Gender Linked?; The Roles of Men and Women in the Ugandan Economy; Education and Fertility; Does Gender Inequality Limit Growth in Uganda?; Gender and Growth: A Macro Perspective; Conclusions; 3 Establishing a Business: Registration, Approvals, and Access to Finance and Capital; Registration and Licensing Procedures Are Cumbersome and Costly.
- Women Lack Adequate Access to Finance4 Locating a Business: Access to Land and Site Development; Why Do So Few Women in Uganda Have Control over Land?; Land Issues Have a Significant Impact on Women's Ability to Contribute to Economic Growth; Reform Efforts; Recommendations; 5 Operating a Business: Tax Administration and Customs; 6 Sectoral Perspective on Administrative Barriers to Investment and Labor Laws; 7 Access to Justice; Reform Efforts; Recommendations; 8 The Way Forward; Institutional Framework; Entry Points for Reform.
- Appendix: Summary of Consultations with Women Entrepreneurs in Kampala, UgandaReferences; Index; Tables; 1.1. Effects of Selected Cultural Practices on Poverty in Uganda; 1.2. Culture and Gender Disparities in Poverty Determinants in Uganda; 2.1. Structure of Uganda's Productive Economy, by Sector and Gender, 1997; 2.2. Contributions to Production and Ownership of Land by Men and Women in Uganda; 3.1. Costs of Registering a Business in Selected Commonwealth Countries; 4.1. Cost of Registering Land in Selected Commonwealth Countries.
- 7.1. Cost of Enforcing a Contract in Selected Commonwealth Countries7.2. Barriers to Justice Faced by Women in Uganda; Figures; 1. Enterprises that Responded Government Officials Have "Interfered" with Their Businesses; 2.1. Allocation of Time by Men and Women in Katebe, Rakai; 2.2. Fertility Trends by Level of Women's Education, 1988-2000; 4.1. Routes Available to a Ugandan Woman Deprived of Matrimonial Assets upon the Death of Her Husband; 4.2. Uganda's Land Dispute System; 4.3. Land Registration Received by District Land Management Offices, 2000; Boxes; 1. Matrix of Recommendations.
- 1.1. Uganda's Constitution Provides for Equality between Men and Women1.2. Many Laws Require Amendment or Enactment to Address Gender Inequality in Uganda; 1.3. Traditional Proverbs Suggest the Inferior Status of Women in Uganda; 1.4. Payments for Brides Confirm Women's Status as Property; 1.5. Ugandans' View of Gender Relations and Legal Rights Vary; 2.1. Nonfarm Employment Helps Ugandan Women Rise from Poverty; 2.2. Analyzing Time Allocation by Men and Women in Uganda Is Critical; 2.3. Gender and Growth: Missed Potential.