Policy Brief No. 94 of 2019-2020 on Closing the Gender Productivity Gap in Kenya's Informal Sector

dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-24T13:22:11Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-24T13:22:11Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/2231
dc.description.abstract	Advancing gender equality in the labour market is critical to enhancing productivity. Historically, labour market structures have led to unequal distribution of opportunities and resources, leaving women disadvantaged, which in turn has created a gender productivity gap. A World Bank survey on informal enterprises in Kenya and the 2016 MSME survey reveal that women-owned enterprises have lower productivity compared to men-owned enterprises in the informal sector. Bridging the gender productivity gap is therefore critical for Kenya’s economic growth, which can only be possible if the labour market fosters gender equality, empowering both genders to be productive...	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	PB/94/2019-2020;
dc.subject	Gender Productivity gap	en
dc.subject	Kenya	en
dc.subject	Informal Sector	en
dc.subject	Productivity
dc.title	Policy Brief No. 94 of 2019-2020 on Closing the Gender Productivity Gap in Kenya's Informal Sector	en
dc.type	KIPPRA Publications	en
ppr.contributor.author	Agwaya, Rodgers & Mairura, Shelvin	en