The Contributions of Reduced Gender Inequality to GDP Growth Prospects in Uganda
Title | The Contributions of Reduced Gender Inequality to GDP Growth Prospects in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Nalwadda |
Publisher | |
Pages | 95 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Sex discrimination |
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The Contributions of Reduced Gender Inequality to GDP Growth Prospects in Uganda
Title | The Contributions of Reduced Gender Inequality to GDP Growth Prospects in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development |
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Pages | 95 |
Release | 2009 |
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Effective Gender Mainstreaming
Title | Effective Gender Mainstreaming PDF eBook |
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Pages | 102 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Discrimination in employment |
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Effective Gender Mainstreaming
Title | Effective Gender Mainstreaming PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Discrimination in education |
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Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda
Title | Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Amanda Ellis |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821363859 |
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.
Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya
Title | Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0821369202 |
This book examines the legal, administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing women in Kenya from contributing fully to the Kenyan economy. Building on the 2004 FIAS Improving the Commercial Legal Framework and Removing Administrative and Regulatory Barriers to Investment report, this study looks at the bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a gender lens.
Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth
Title | Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth PDF eBook |
Author | Ms.Dalia Hakura |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2016-06-08 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 148438234X |
A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality—income or gender related—can impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper finds that both income and gender inequalities, including from legal gender-based restrictions, are jointly negatively associated with per capita GDP growth. Examining the relationship for countries at different stages of development, we find that this effect prevails mainly in lower income countries. In particular, per capita income growth in sub-Saharan Africa could be higher by as much as 0.9 percentage points on average if inequality was reduced to the levels observed in the fastgrowing emerging Asian countries. High levels of income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa appear partly driven by structural features. However, the paper’s findings show that policies that influence the opportunities of low-income households and women to participate in economic activities also matter and, therefore, if well-designed and targeted, could play a role in alleviating inequalities.