Building Women's Economic and Social Empowerment through Enterprise : An Experimental Assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support Program in Uganda
This study investigates an attempt to economically and socially empower some of the poorest and most vulnerable young women in one of the poorest and most fragile places in the world: northern Uganda. Investing in women is said to be a key to devel...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/19253707/building-womens-economic-social-empowerment-through-enterprise-experimental-assessment-womens-income-generating-support-wings-program-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17862 |
| Summary: | This study investigates an attempt to
economically and socially empower some of the poorest and
most vulnerable young women in one of the poorest and most
fragile places in the world: northern Uganda. Investing in
women is said to be a key to development. Educate her, buy
her a cow or goat, or help her start a business and great
things will follow: sustained increases in income, greater
empowerment and social inclusion, health and education for
the children, and (especially in war-affected regions)
mental health and happiness. This report provides
provisional answers to these questions based on data
collected from April 2009 to August 2012. The questions will
continue to be explored and analyzed in academic papers in
future, but the authors attempt to draw out the key findings
and policy lessons as close to the end of the intervention
and data collection as possible. |
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