Publication: Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda: A Brief of Policy Interventions
Date
2021-08-26
ISSN
Published
2021-08-26
Author(s)
Copley, Amy
Gokalp, Birce
Kirkwood, Daniel
Abstract
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.
Citation
“Copley, Amy; Gokalp, Birce; Kirkwood, Daniel. 2021. Unlocking the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda: A Brief of Policy Interventions. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36220 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”