Can skills-based programs promote women’s economic inclusion? This study randomizes access to a program teaching entrepreneurship skills in rural Uganda. The program covers record-keeping, identifying business opportunities, raising capital, and soft skills like perseverance and confidence, but it provides no access to cash or capital. Treated women are 17 percent more likely to generate income from their own businesses 18 months post-program. They...
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2024/11/19
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10980
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2024/11/19
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Building Women's Skills for Economic Inclusion and Resilience
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Megan Elizabeth Lang; Seither,Julia.
Building Women's Skills for Economic Inclusion and Resilience (English). Policy Research working paper;PEOPLE;COVID-19 (Coronavirus);RRR Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099554411192426986