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1 online resource (106 pages) |
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Directions in Development |
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Directions in Development
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
2.4. Incentives Affect Women's Responses to Uganda's Strategic Exports Initiative |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Women in economic development -- Uganda
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Sex discrimination against women -- Uganda
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Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation -- Uganda
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Women -- Uganda -- Economic conditions
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Economic history.
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Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
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Sex discrimination against women.
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Women -- Economic conditions.
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Women in economic development.
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| SUBJECT |
Uganda -- Economic conditions -- 1979-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139280
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| Subject |
Uganda.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Manuel, Claire
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Blackden, Mark
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| ISBN |
9780821363850 |
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0821363859 |
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