Uganda and Education
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- The BLDS education collection
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Search for the latest education-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Impact of HIV/AIDS on education in Botswana, Malawi and Uganda
- N. Swainson; P. Bennell / The African Symposium, 2002
- This report presents the main findings and recommendations of an international research project, which has focused on assessing the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on primary and secondary schooling in three countries, namely Botswana...
- Why user fees must go, and how to get rid of them
- P. Watt; R. Rowden / Global Campaign for Education, 2002
- This policy brief, prepared by the Coalition for Health and Education Rights for the UN Special Session on Children in 2002, argues that user fees continue to deny children’s rights to basic education and health care, despite int...
- Basic education reform programmes in Benin, Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi and Uganda
- J. Moulton; K. Mundy; M. Welmond; J. Williams / Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 2001
- The paper describes and analyses the implementation on major basic education reform programmes in Benin, Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi and Uganda. Each case study is presented in a similar format that explores the technical content ...
- Are ICT-based resources relevant to poorly educated rural women?
- R. Mijumbi / United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2002
- The paper analyses a project that aimed to make Ugandan 'Telecentres' more relevant to rural women there. It had been found that these resources were under used because of lack of literacy, gender roles at home and lack of suitable co...
- Case studies from Uganda of excluded children participating in education
- M. Omagor-Loican; M. Atim; D. Okot; M. Kiryahika Kembabazi; L. Eron / Education Sector, UNESCO, 2001
- This paper outlines the social, economic and political context in Uganda for a number of educational reforms focused on inclusion. It goes on to describe the government policies and strategies for developing primary education, before ...
- Educated households in Uganda acheive better growth in living standards
- S. Appleton / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002
- Looks at the relationship between poverty and education in Uganda in the 1990s. It shows how growth in living standards and poverty reduction during that period was fastest for more educated households. Income growth at the hou...
- Herders education should be an end in itself: a critique of Kratli's paper
- T. Nagel / Save the Children Fund, 2001
- This article poses several questions, which the author contends underpin discussions concerning pastoralism and education: who should decide what kind of lives people should lead? what is the prerequisite for p...
- Formal schooling undermines the basis of a pastoral livelihoods
- S. Kratli / World Bank, 2001
- This research article was carried out under the umbrella of the Learning and Research Program on Culture and Poverty of the World Bank. The Program’s objective is to learn about the relationship between culture and poverty, and p...
- How much leakage of public funds is evident within the education system in Uganda?
- R. Reinikka; J. Svensson / WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
- This study investigates the degree of leakage of public funds in education. The study reveals that: during the period 1991-95, schools received only 13 percent of what the central government contributed to the sc...
- Halting the proliferation of small arms in Uganda
- Oxfam, 2001
- Reporting on a field study conducted in several areas and instutions in Kitgum and Kotido (Uganda), this paper presents a literature review, results of informant interviews, and assesses the impact of small arms on education. C...
- Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda (MISR)
- MISR is an autonomous institute of Makerere University. It conducts and coordinates basic and applied research on social development. The Institute also provides consultancy services to private, public and NGO sectors; undertakes networking with related institutions globally; develops and maintains a regional data bank and disseminates information. Key research areas include: governance a...
- Uganda Martyrs University (UMU)
- Teaching and research university with specialisms including development studies and business administration
