Search for dissertations about: "development studies UGANDA"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words development studies UGANDA.
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1. The National Library of Uganda: its inception, challenges and prospects, 1997-2007
Abstract : There are several reasons why national libraries have emerged. In some countries, they were established as symbols of national prestige and status, while others feel that a modern country should have a national library. READ MORE
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2. A Real Property Register to Support the Property and Credit Market in Uganda
Abstract : An efficient property and credit market can be used by a government of a country to empower its citizens to achieve sustainable development. To improve the property and credit market government needs to ensure that its land records contain information that is beneficial to the actors in both the property and credit market. READ MORE
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3. Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance : State Formation in Contemporary Uganda
Abstract : State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order to illustrate and explain the scope for and capacity of different social forces to create access to and democratise the state. READ MORE
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4. Labour Productivity in the Building Industry – Studies of Uganda
Abstract : Research has been pointing out that productivity in the building industry is stagnant and in some cases declining. Poor productivity of craftsmen is one of the causes of cost and time overruns on building projects. READ MORE
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5. Devising Capabilities : Service Design for Development Interventions
Abstract : Despite the progress in recent decades, one in ten people globally still live in extreme poverty, and this number is set to increase in the coming years. Designing interventions to improve well-being and livelihoods is challenging because poverty is multidimensional and plays out in complex, adaptive social-ecological systems, where behaviours and practices at the local level can have unintended consequences elsewhere in the system. READ MORE