Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions

Private sector development is an integral channel through which countries can better leverage the productive potential of the youth bulge, support job creation, and maintain social stability. Entrepreneurship already plays an important role in Sub-...

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Main Authors:	Copley, Amy, Gokalp, Birce, Kirkwood, Daniel
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND MICROENTERPRISES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE SME FINANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/393731629966876550/Unlocking-the-Potential-of-Women-Entrepreneurs-in-Uganda-A-Brief-of-Policy-Interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36220

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spelling	okr-10986-362202021-09-01T05:10:37Z Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions Copley, Amy Gokalp, Birce Kirkwood, Daniel AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND MICROENTERPRISES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE SME FINANCE Private sector development is an integral channel through which countries can better leverage the productive potential of the youth bulge, support job creation, and maintain social stability. Entrepreneurship already plays an important role in Sub-Saharan Africa, where forty-two percent of the nonagricultural labor force is self-employed or is an employer, the highest rate in the world. Women business owners in Uganda face several gender-specific barriers to their enterprise performance, including lower levels of innovation, lower use of capital and labor, and segregation into lower-value sectors. This brief focuses on the policy interventions that can help empower women entrepreneurs across Uganda. 2021-08-31T15:52:05Z 2021-08-31T15:52:05Z 2021-08-26 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/393731629966876550/Unlocking-the-Potential-of-Women-Entrepreneurs-in-Uganda-A-Brief-of-Policy-Interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36220 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Uganda
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topic	AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND MICROENTERPRISES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE SME FINANCE
spellingShingle	AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACCESS TO FINANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND MICROENTERPRISES SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE SME FINANCE Copley, Amy Gokalp, Birce Kirkwood, Daniel Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
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description	Private sector development is an integral channel through which countries can better leverage the productive potential of the youth bulge, support job creation, and maintain social stability. Entrepreneurship already plays an important role in Sub-Saharan Africa, where forty-two percent of the nonagricultural labor force is self-employed or is an employer, the highest rate in the world. Women business owners in Uganda face several gender-specific barriers to their enterprise performance, including lower levels of innovation, lower use of capital and labor, and segregation into lower-value sectors. This brief focuses on the policy interventions that can help empower women entrepreneurs across Uganda.
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author	Copley, Amy Gokalp, Birce Kirkwood, Daniel
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title	Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
title_short	Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
title_full	Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
title_fullStr	Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
title_full_unstemmed	Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda : A Brief of Policy Interventions
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/393731629966876550/Unlocking-the-Potential-of-Women-Entrepreneurs-in-Uganda-A-Brief-of-Policy-Interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36220
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