Business in the urban informal economy: barriers to women's entrepreneurship in Uganda

Business in the urban informal economy can be seen as a challenging terrain with enormous hurdles for women entrepreneurs. This paper explores major barriers that obstruct smooth development of women entrepreneurship in Uganda's urban informal economy. The study provides some useful academic in...

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Published inJournal of African business Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 305 - 321
Main Author Karakire Guma, Prince
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton Routledge 02.09.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Barriers
business
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Informal economy
Studies
Uganda
urban informal economy
Women
women entrepreneurship
Women owned businesses
Uganda
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Summary:Business in the urban informal economy can be seen as a challenging terrain with enormous hurdles for women entrepreneurs. This paper explores major barriers that obstruct smooth development of women entrepreneurship in Uganda's urban informal economy. The study provides some useful academic insights and offers some practical suggestions for improving policy for women entrepreneurs. The value of this research lies in providing significant insights related to the initiation of policies and programs for entrepreneurship development, but also in increasing women's involvement in the urban informal economy through a better understanding of the gender-based barriers to entrepreneurship. It is hoped that the study will influence business development in the urban informal economies of Uganda in particular, and Africa in general.
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ISSN:1522-8916
1522-9076
DOI:10.1080/15228916.2015.1081025