Building Women's Economic and Social Empowerment through Enterprise : An Experimental Assessment of the Women's Income Generating Support Program in Uganda

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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Main Authors: Blattman, Christopher, Green, Eric, Annan, Jeannie, Jamison, Julian
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGED
AGRICULTURE
ANXIETY
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFERS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMUNITIES
CONSUMER DURABLES
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONTROL GROUPS
COST EFFECTIVENESS
DECISION MAKING
DEPRESSION
DESCRIPTION
DISBURSEMENT
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
DISTRICTS
DURABLE
DURABLE ASSET
DURABLE ASSETS
ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC THEORIES
ECONOMIC THEORY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXERCISES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
FAMILIES
FEMALE
FEMALES
FINANCIAL MARKETS
GENDER
GRANT ALLOCATION
HOLDING
HOLDINGS
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEISURE TIME
LENDING INTEREST RATE
LIVELIHOOD
LIVELIHOODS
LOAN
LOAN OFFICERS
LOTTERIES
LOTTERY
MARKET PRICES
MENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH
MICRO-ENTERPRISES
MICROFINANCE
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
NGO
OCCUPATIONS
OPPORTUNITY COST
OUTSTANDING LOANS
PATERNALISM
PATIENT
POOR HEALTH
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY IMPACTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROGRAMS
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
PURCHASING POWER
QUALITY OF LIFE
RATE OF RETURN
RATES OF RETURN
REPAYMENT
RETAIL TRADING
RETURN
RETURNS
RISK-FREE INVESTMENT
SAVINGS
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL RELATIONS
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIAL WORKERS
TARGETING
TRANCHES
TREATMENT EFFECTS
TRUST FUND
VILLAGES
VIOLENCE
WAGES
YOUTH
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

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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

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