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Decentralization and Efficient Service Delivery in Local Governments
(2011)
This collective volume on decentralization and service delivery in local governments, notably in Uganda, is the outcome of a conference organized in Kampala in 2009 by Uganda Martyrs University and University of Groningen. ...
Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, v. 4, no. 1, June 2011
(2011)
Two sets of standards are often applied to Africa: in one, the international community takes decisive action when there is sufficient geo-political interest in a state, and in the other, the international community remains ...
Children and War in Africa: The Crisis Continues in Northern Uganda
(Professors World Peace Academy, 2009)
Since the 1990s when the nature of conflict changed from interstate to intrastate, the use of children in the battlefronts and related places has become unprecedented. This paper discusses issues on children and war based ...
Child soldiers or war affected children? Why the formerly abducted children of northern Uganda are not child soldiers
(Intervention, 2014)
In many places around the globe, over many
centuries, adults have forcibly involved children
in war. In more recent times, these forcibly involved
children have come to be collectively referred to as
‘child soldiers’, ...
Implicit Beliefs about English Language Competencies in the Context of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Comparison of University Students and Lecturers in Namibia
(Sciedu Press, 2013)
In many African countries, English is the medium of instruction in higher education even though students may not
always be entirely familiar with “standard” English. This study aimed at investigating the relevance of ...
Social Media as; an agent for behavioral change among young people: Case of Facebook usage among Mass Communication students of Uganda Martyrs University
(International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), 2020)
The advent of internet based technology has resulted into border-less communication. This has led to free circulation of information in the world. Uganda being a free market of ideas attributed partly to internet-based ...
‘I felt very bad, I had self-rejection’: narratives of exclusion and marginalisation among early school leavers in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-09-02)
Uganda has one of the highest rates of early school leavers (ESLs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the highest in East Africa, despite impressive school enrolment rates. While studies have been conducted on the possible causes ...
Self-Awareness Family Initiatives: An Innovative Approach to Social Transformation
(Sociology and Anthropology, 2016)
The analyzed self-awareness family initiative is an innovative approach to social transformation. The study was guided by the following objectives that aimed at investigating the psychosocial family transformation approaches, ...
Business ethics as field of teaching, training and research in East Africa
(African Journal of Business Ethics, 2011)
The increase in corporate malfeasance has lead to a rising interest in Business Ethics in general and a particular focus on Business Ethics as an academic field, but the proliferation of Business Ethics as an academic field ...
Inter-religious Discourse on Climate Change Roman Catholic and African Traditional Perspectives
(The Ecumenical Review, 2012)
The future of our planet poses many challenges for our generation, possibly more than ever before.
Overpopulation, rapid industrialization, heightened consumerism, unrestricted technologies, and
other human activities ...