Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches
Three of sub-Saharan Africa’s central economic realities motivate this study. First, agriculture is the most important sector in most African economies, on average accounting for nearly one-fourth of GDP. Second, the private sector is increasingly...
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okr-10986-226812021-04-23T14:04:10Z Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches White, Pamela Finnegan, Gerry Pehu, Eija Poutiainen, Pirkko Vyzaki, Marialena ACCESS TO LAND AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH JOB CREATION PRODUCTIVITY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Three of sub-Saharan Africa’s central economic realities motivate this study. First, agriculture is the most important sector in most African economies, on average accounting for nearly one-fourth of GDP. Second, the private sector is increasingly active in transforming African agriculture and economies. By 2030, agriculture and agribusiness are anticipated to become a US$ 1 trillion industry in Africa, delivering more jobs, income, and economic growth. Third, women make up half of sub- Saharan Africa’s agricultural labor force on average (and two-thirds or more in some countries). Yet women’s strong presence in agriculture belies the comparatively weak commercial benefits they derive from it. Throughout Africa, women struggle to enter and operate highly productive and profitable agricultural enterprises. Their plots of land tend to be smaller, their crops less remunerative, and their access to land, inputs, and finance far more restricted and precarious than men’s. Africa boasts the highest share of ‘entrepreneurs,’ but these women are disproportionately concentrated in the ranks of the self-employed rather than among the employers. Women’s productivity is lower than men’s, not because they are women, but because informal, smaller firms are inherently less productive, and more women operate these types of enterprises. The real challenge in expanding opportunities and empowering women is not to help more women to become small-scale, informal entrepreneurs but to enable them to shift to activities capable of delivering higher returns and employing others. 2015-09-24T18:03:29Z 2015-09-24T18:03:29Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24663581/linking-women-agribusiness-zambia-corporate-social-responsibility-creating-shared-value-human-rights-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22681 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study Africa Zambia |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH JOB CREATION PRODUCTIVITY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS White, Pamela Finnegan, Gerry Pehu, Eija Poutiainen, Pirkko Vyzaki, Marialena Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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Three of sub-Saharan Africa’s central
economic realities motivate this study. First, agriculture
is the most important sector in most African economies, on
average accounting for nearly one-fourth of GDP. Second, the
private sector is increasingly active in transforming
African agriculture and economies. By 2030, agriculture and
agribusiness are anticipated to become a US$ 1 trillion
industry in Africa, delivering more jobs, income, and
economic growth. Third, women make up half of sub- Saharan
Africa’s agricultural labor force on average (and two-thirds
or more in some countries). Yet women’s strong presence in
agriculture belies the comparatively weak commercial
benefits they derive from it. Throughout Africa, women
struggle to enter and operate highly productive and
profitable agricultural enterprises. Their plots of land
tend to be smaller, their crops less remunerative, and their
access to land, inputs, and finance far more restricted and
precarious than men’s. Africa boasts the highest share of
‘entrepreneurs,’ but these women are disproportionately
concentrated in the ranks of the self-employed rather than
among the employers. Women’s productivity is lower than
men’s, not because they are women, but because informal,
smaller firms are inherently less productive, and more women
operate these types of enterprises. The real challenge in
expanding opportunities and empowering women is not to help
more women to become small-scale, informal entrepreneurs but
to enable them to shift to activities capable of delivering
higher returns and employing others. |
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White, Pamela Finnegan, Gerry Pehu, Eija Poutiainen, Pirkko Vyzaki, Marialena |
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White, Pamela Finnegan, Gerry Pehu, Eija Poutiainen, Pirkko Vyzaki, Marialena |
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White, Pamela |
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Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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Linking Women with Agribusiness in Zambia : Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value, and Human Rights Approaches |
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linking women with agribusiness in zambia : corporate social responsibility, creating shared value, and human rights approaches |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24663581/linking-women-agribusiness-zambia-corporate-social-responsibility-creating-shared-value-human-rights-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22681 |
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