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  Learning in a war zone: education in northern Uganda

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2005

  This paper looks at the education situation in the north of Uganda, a region which has been and is currently in a situation of violent conflict.
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  Poverty monitoring systems: an analysis of institutional arrangements in Uganda

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report describes and analyses institutional arrangements for poverty monitoring in Uganda. It aims to contribute to a better understanding of what works and what doesn’t in designing PRS (Poverty Reduction Strategy) monitoring systems, as well as recommending the way forward for poverty monitoring in Uganda.
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  Violence against children: the voices of Ugandan children and adults

  Raising Voices, 2005

  This study examines the stories and opinions of children about their experiences of the violence against them, and adults about their perspective of violence against children from five districts in Uganda.The main findings include:more than 98 percent of children reported experiencing physical or emotional violence.
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  Listening to children – the silent majority of Uganda’s poor

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Sixty two per cent of Uganda’s poor are under the age of eighteen. Though Uganda has made impressive progress in making poverty assessment more participatory, the perspectives of young people have not been taken into account. Many adults believe that children lack the required knowledge to address the issue of child poverty.
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  Banking the underserved: new opportunities for commercial banks - exploring the business case

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper reports on a study documenting the financial experience of a diverse sample of commercial banks that have opted to expand into microfinance as a new line of business.
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  An assessment of community- based health financing activities in Uganda

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2005

  This report, from Partners of Health Reformplus, is an assessment of community-based health financing (CBHF) schemes in Uganda.
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  Civil society, democratisation and foreign aid in Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This paper critically examines the current donor practice of funding civil society organisations as a way to influence govenment policy and to create more citizen involvement in public affairs.
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  An evaluation of post-campaign knowledge and practices of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

  Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh, 2004

  Published by ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, this research article assesses the influence of exposure to behaviour change communication (BCC) messages via the mass media on exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda.
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  The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Eastern Africa

  World Conservation Union, 2005

  Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in Eastern Africa is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented in the development planning process.
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  Botswana stumbles while Uganda checks HIV/AIDS: what policies for Africa?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  In chronically poor Uganda, HIV prevalence and rates of new infection appear to be stable or in decline. Botswana, relatively prosperous by comparison, has failed to control the pandemic and now has a lower life expectancy at birth than Uganda. What does this mean for HIV/AIDS policies in Africa?

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