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On the waters: economic and political drivers of maritime conflicts between Uganda and its neighbors
(African Studies Quarterly, 2021-10)
The Great Lakes region has, in the recent past, been awash with numerous border
conflicts/or threats to conflict among the member states. Whereas various studies have
endeavored to explain the emergence of such conflicts, ...
The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)
The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ...
Sugarcane plantations and the alienation of land from smallholder farmers through out-grower schemes in Busoga Sub-Region in Eastern Uganda
(Journal of African Studies, 2023)
Despite wide research on land grabbing in Africa, much of the existing
literature restricts the practice mainly to a situation where land is leased
or sold to outside investors for the production of food and biofuel ...
Democratisation Processes Amidst Cultural Diversity in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)
Uganda attained independence on the 9th of October 1962 with a diverse cultural spectrum. Yet current analyses hardly interrogate the role of culture in the country’s democratisation processes. The purpose of this chapter ...
Exploring the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa District, Western Uganda
(Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences: AJOL, 2021-08-11)
This paper explores the preference for indigenous medicinal plant medicine in Buliisa district, situated in the Albertine Graben. Despite attempts to improve access to conventional health services, there seems to be a ...
Politics of natural resource management and accountable systems in the delivery of water services in Uganda
(AJOL: Africa Development., 2017-12-12)
The political behaviour of public institutions exhibited in the management of critical natural resources influences the nature of service delivery. In particular, the character of such public organizations as regulators ...
Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
(PLOS ONE, 2021-04-14)
In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical cycles. Earth system models suggest ...