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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012According to this report, climate funds for reducing greenhouse gas emissions can benefit small farmers and help achieve development objectives. In the detailed study of six African agricultural carbon projects, researchers found that communities are benefiting from a range of activities related to planting and managing trees on farms.DocumentSanitation for all: an engine of economic growth for urban Africa. About time to get the shit out of town?
2011Improved sanitation facilitates improvements in human health, it enhances prospects for education and work, as well as personal security and dignity and has a positive impact on the environment. In this way, sanitation has a pivotal role in achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals. Human excreta can be viewed as waste or a resource.DocumentUnready for REDD+? Lessons from corruption in Ugandan conservation areas
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012This U4 Brief extracts lessons from recent Ugandan experiences with conservation areas and corruption. A case involving the World Bank/Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Ugandan Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Industry (MoTTI), and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), illuminates how corrupt processes can unfold across multiple governance levels in the Ugandan context.DocumentA toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projects
REDD-net, 2012This toolkit aims to strengthen the ability of community-based institutions to address REDD+ issues, with benefit sharing being a key feature in the design of equitable REDD+ policies and projects at both national and community levels.DocumentHow can agriculture and trade lead to livelihoods, food security and development?: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa
Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2011Agriculture and trade can be engines for inclusive growth and development in African countries. This monograph presents the main findings of country research studies on trade and agriculture issues in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.DocumentViolent conflicts and risky sexual behavior in Uganda
Microcon, 2012This paper investigates the relationship between violent conflicts and risky sexual behavior in Uganda. The authors use geographical and temporal variation in conflict intensity and a difference-in-differences approach to evaluate how individual exposure to conflicts in the past 5 years influences the decision to engage in risky sex.DocumentEpidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: challenges for health policy
Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2011Globally, 90% of road crash deaths occur in the developing world. Children in Africa bear the major part of this burden, with the highest unintentional injury rates in the world. Our study aims to better understand injury patterns among children living in Kampala, Uganda and provide evidence that injuries are significant in child health.DocumentTracking and monitoring the health workforce: a new human resources information system (HRIS) in Uganda | Human Resources for Health
2011The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council database is valuable in monitoring and reviewing information about nurses and midwives. However, information obtained from this system is also important in improving strategic planning for the greater health care system in Uganda.DocumentClimate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the east and Horn of Africa
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012This study aims to understand the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have perceived, experienced and responded to climatic variability and long-term negative climatic change in the east and Horn of Africa.DocumentValuing Health Workers Research and Advocacy
Voluntary Service Overseas, 2011A clear, concise 2 page publication to introduce the research and advocacy programme designed to provide evidence for governments on how best to change policy and implementation to address health worker shortages. A clear summary of aims is supported by short summaries of research done in Uganda, Cambodia and Malawi.Pages
