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Helmet Use Among Commercial Motorcyclists: A Survey of Two Municipalities In Uganda
(South Asian Journal of Development Research, 2019)
There is a worldwide apprehension that present-day motor driving schools are not producing drivers with the kind of awareness and abilities that they need to be useful on the road. This inadequacy has placed growing stress ...
Using Advocacy to Enhance Green Municipalities in Uganda: A Study of Hoima Municipality
(South Asian Journal of Development Research,, 2019)
In 2017, after launching, by thefirst Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda Moses Ali along with the UNDP country Director Almaz Gebru, a new green growth development strategy, key green growth issues and evolution into a green ...
Football betting among the youths in Lira municipality: Will livelihoods improve?
(International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2018)
Football betting is a complex and polarising issue in several urban centres in Uganda. This study explores the practice through a situation analysis of Lira Municipality, where a longitudinal study, incorporating three ...
Implementation of the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructural Development for a Smart Municipality: A Survey of Hoima Municipality
(Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2018)
The vision of attaining smart Cities and/or smart Municipalities as a mission towards sustainable development has gained much momentum in recent years. With a growing urban citizenry, the need for urban centres that have ...
Collaborative planning as a prospect to nurturing domestic tourism: perspectives from service providers in mid-western Uganda
(African Journal of Hospitality, 2017)
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This article investigates how collaborative planning can be applied to nurture domestic tourism in midwestern Uganda. Available literature suggests that the country’s domestic tourism potential has not been given ...
Using farmer groups to empower smallholder rural farmers in Hoima district, mid-western Uganda
(International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2018)
Farmer groups are a widespread feature in Sub-Saharan African countries, and have become particularly important in Hoima district, mid-western Uganda. Recent surveys have revealed the importance of SmallHolder Farmer Groups ...
Analysing the effect of English language proficiency on Councillor involvement in local council discussions in Uganda
(Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)
Within most local governments in Uganda, annual assessments suggest that councillor involvement in council sessions has suffered from remarkable set-backs, and remains inadequate. Low involvement in council sessions is ...
The Nascent Oil Industry in Uganda: Exploring its Impact on Ecotourism and Livelihoods
(Administratio Publica, 2016)
Oil – a scarce resource with an ever-increasing demand is without doubt, the lifeblood of the world economy. Notwithstanding its unquestionable positive contribution to modern civilisation, oil production has negative ...
Household Food Security in Uganda: Reflections on the Prosperity-For-All Programme
(Loyola journal of social sciences, 2016)
Abstract: The objective of the Prosperity-For-All (PFA) programme is to transform rural and peri-urban poor households in order for them to achieve food security and to create wealth. While the government of Uganda aspires ...
Civil Society Organisations, Applied Research and Rural Development
(Applied Research and Rural Development, 2012)
This research deals with the position of civil society organisation in sustaining rural growth through applied research. This is subsisting with the conclusion that the realisation of a successful rural development stratagem ...