Education and entrepreneurship among women entrepreneurs in Uganda. A case study from the cities of Kampala and Wakiso

  1. Olga Margret Maria Namasembe 1
  2. Roser Manzanera-Ruiz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada (España)
Revista:
Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo= Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies

ISSN: 2254-2035

Año de publicación: 2022

Título del ejemplar: SDGs from the International Law Theory Perspective

Volumen: 11

Número: 2

Páginas: 290-311

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.26754/OJS_RIED/IJDS.688 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo= Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies

Resumen

Los estudios sobre la interrelación entre la educación de las mujeres, los negocios y las motivaciones para el emprendimiento, en el África subsahariana, son escasos. En esta investigación, se relacionan los niveles educativos, las iniciativas y motivaciones para emprendimiento de las mujeres en Uganda. Se utiliza un enfoque cualitativo a partir de 109 entrevistas a mujeres empresarias del sector agrícola. Se concluye con la relación existente entre el nivel educativo, los tipos de negocios y las motivaciones empresariales de las mujeres ugandesas para entender su diversidad y diferencias. Una mejor comprensión de estas puede ayudar a los/as responsables políticos/as y a los/as profesionales a evaluar si sus programas alcanzan o no sus objetivos, y contribuir a la mejora de las acciones de desarrollo en esta materia.

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