Holdings: 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
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

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

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