On a recent World Bank mission in Kampala, we held a roundtable with Ugandan women entrepreneurs and witnessed a cacophony of anger sweep the room as one brazen male banker stood up and declared “We have the loan products; women just need to step up and be more ambitious!” The collective frustration felt around the room was a result of him revealing little empathy for the real challenges Ugandan women face in running and financing their businesses. But why don’t women entrepreneurs take out more loans, what constraints do they face, and what services can support them to grow their business? In the new Uganda Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) Project, we have incorporated a learning agenda using impact evaluation to tackle some of these important questions.
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