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WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA

WOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIPDEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA :ILO WOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA : Insights and recommendationsInsights and recommendationsiWOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA : Insights and RecommendationsEnock MugabiWOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDAiiCopyright International Labour Organization 2014 First published 2014 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated.

in their entrepreneurial abilities. One answer is to bundle services for women entrepreneurs through strategic partnerships and networking. The current national assessment of WED in Uganda builds on a previous ILO report in 2004, Support for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda (Stevenson and St-Onge, 2005).

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1 WOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIPDEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA :ILO WOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA : Insights and recommendationsInsights and recommendationsiWOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA : Insights and RecommendationsEnock MugabiWOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDAiiCopyright International Labour Organization 2014 First published 2014 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated.

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3 International Labour Office Geneva: ILO, 2014 ISBN: 978-92-2-129323-1 (print)ISBN: 978-92-2-129324-8 (web pdf) ENTREPRENEURSHIP / women in DEVELOPMENT / gender mainstreaming / womens empowerment / small enterprise / role of ILO / evaluation / UGANDA ILO Cataloguing in Publication DataThe designations employed in ILO publications, which are in conformity with United Nations practice, and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Labour Office concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities.

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5 Catalogues or lists of new publications are available free of charge from the above address, or by email: our website: in Switzerland JMBP rinted by the International Labour Office, Geneva, SwitzerlandiiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDG EMENTShis report was made possible thanks to the dedication, hard work and collaboration of a multi-tude of people and organizations. We thank consultant Enock Mugabi and his research for their enthusiasm, dedication and com-mitment to carrying out the research. Our appreciation also goes to all Ugandan stakeholders, partners and women entrepreneurs who were generous with their time for multiple consulta-tions around this wish to extend our gratitude to Lois Stevenson and Annette St-Onge, senior experts in women s ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT who helped develop not only the overall framework but also provided invaluable guidance to the country teams while carrying out the study.

6 We also wish to recognize and thank those who provided key technical contributions to this report. We particularly thank UNCTAD for a very fruitful collaboration leading to the incor-poration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as an area of study in this report, which was made possible through a Sida funded project. To Torbjorn Fredriksson and Marie Sicat from UNCTAD, and the consultant Thao Ngyungen, a special thank you for your comments, contributions and support on ICTs along the past few months. This all would not have been possible without the support of ILO-WED donors.

7 ILO thanks Irishaid for its longstanding partnership, including funding for the current Women s Entrepre-neurship DEVELOPMENT and Economic Empowerment (WED-EE) project in Tanzania, Kenya and UGANDA , under which this study was commissioned. The WED-EE Chief Technical Advi-sor, Jealous Chirove, and the National Project Coordinator in UGANDA , Grace Rwomushana, were instrumental in supporting the rollout of this research as well as the follow up to the recommendations. Lastly, appreciation goes to Virginia Rose-Losada and Joni Simpson, from the WED programme in the Small and Medium Enterprises Unit in Geneva, without whose efforts this report would not have been S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDAivvCONTENTSCONTENTSA bbreviations and viiAbout the ILO-WED Assessments 1 The WED Assessment Methodology.

8 1 How the findings in the report can be 4 Executive Summary 5 Context .. 6 Main Findings and 6 Profile of Women entrepreneurs in the Ugandan Economy 15 Gender and business ownership .. 15 Sector distribution of enterprises by sex of owners .. 16 Gender and entrepreneurial activity 17 Six WED Framework Conditions and their Scoring 21 Condition 1: Gender-sensitive legal and regulatory system that advances women s economic 21 Condition 2: Effective Policy Leadership and Coordination for the Promotion of 25 Condition 3: Access to Gender-sensitive Financial 27 Condition 4: Access to Gender-Sensitive Business DEVELOPMENT Support (BDS) 33 Condition 5: Access to Markets and Technology.

9 37 Condition 6: Representation of women entrepreneurs and participation in policy 43 Conclusions and Recommendations 49 References .. 55 Annex: Indicators and scoring for the WED framework 59 WOMEN S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDAviList of TablesTable 1: Ownership of business by sex and 18 List of FiguresFigure 1: WED Assessment Framework Profile of Women s ENTREPRENEURSHIP and Key Framework Conditions .. 3 Figure 2: Components of the ILO WED Assessment 4 Figure 3: Overall results and select key findings from the assessment of WED framework 7 Figure 4: Trends in early-stage entrepreneurial activity rates by sex, UGANDA .

10 19 Figure 5. Quantitative assessment summary of the six WED framework 49 Figure 6. Detailed quantitative assessment summary by sub-condition .. 50viiABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMSABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS aBi ..AgriBusiness InitiativeTrustAMFIU ..Association of Microfinance Institutions of UgandaBEST ..Business and Enterprise Start-up Tool BDS ..Business DEVELOPMENT SupportBLRC ..Business Licencing Reform CommitteeCBT ..Community Based TrainersCEEWA-U ..Council for Economic Empowerment for Women in Africa- UGANDA ChapterCOBE.


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