Putting Women at the Center of Uganda’s Economic Revival

Submitted by on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 14:26

Uganda’s 18th Economic Update by the World Bank provides insights about the benefits of putting women at the center of Uganda’s Economic Revival. The Report demonstrates women’s economic empowerment as key to quickening and strengthening Uganda’s transformation agenda.

Global experience shows that increasing women’s rates of labor force participation as well as earnings, access to productive assets, and the ability to make independent decisions brings immediate benefits for women and also contributes to more sustained economic growth.

A complete version of the referenced Report can be accessed on the link below:

https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099100011302141746/pdf/P1748840506ccf0da0ba0d08902edcbc883.pdf