Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): Recent submissions
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Money, men and markets: Economic and sexual empowerment of market women in South western Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)Market trading requires access to cash, independent decision‐making, mobility and social interaction. This study sought to explore whether market work empowers women with respect to spending decisions and negotiation over ... -
Contemporary myths, sexuality misconceptions, information sources, and risk perceptions of Bodaboda men in Southwest Uganda.
(Springer, 2005)This article reports findings from a study conducted among 212 private motorbike-taxi riders, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites--a slum area and the urban center of Masaka town. Qualitative and quantitative ... -
"Abortion? That's for women!" Narratives and experiences of commercial motorbike riders in South-Western Uganda.
(Women's Health and Action Research Center, 2005)Although constitutionally illegal, induced abortion is a vital reproductive health option in Uganda. This paper analyses men's narratives about meanings of, and experiences with, abortion. Men play significant roles in ... -
Bumsters, big black organs and old white gold: Embodied racial myths in sexual relationships of Gambian beach boys.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)Sexuality is a platform upon which ideologies are enacted. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in The Gambia, this paper discusses the embodiment of racial myths about male Black bodies and Western affluence. Methods utilized ... -
Ethnography and PRA among Gambian traditional birth attendants: A methods discussion.
(Sage Publications, 2007)Ethnographers are often sceptical of employing Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) tools in their research, calling them `a quick and dirty' approach. However, ethnography has limitations as a research method. We therefore ... -
Reflection on the character of the Sudanese state and the making of a dominant power bloc
(1984-10-12)State formation in the Sudan may be traced to the middle of eighth century B.C. and the rise of Nubian Kingdoms which exerted cultural as well as economic influence over the lands that now constitute the modern Sudan and ... -
Reflection on the character of the Sudanese state and the making of a dominant power bloc
(1984-10-12)State formation in the Sudan may be traced to the middle of eighth century B.C. and the rise of Nubian Kingdoms which exerted cultural as well as economic influence over the lands that now constitute the modern Sudan and ... -
Welfare and the East African common market: some observations
(1966)This paper is essentially about the production-effect and its fundamental importance in assessing the gains and losses incurred by members of a customs union. There are two basic ingredients in any assessment of the ... -
Welfare and the East African common market: some observations
(1966)This paper is essentially about the production-effect and its fundamental importance in assessing the gains and losses incurred by members of a customs union. There are two basic ingredients in any assessment of the ... -
Labour problems in the economic and social development of Zambia
(1967-02)Zambia lying between latitude 10 degrees and 18 degrees South between longitudes 22 degrees and 33 degrees East has an area of 288, 130 square miles. It is bounded on the North by the Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and ... -
Labour problems in the economic and social development of Zambia
(1967-02)Zambia lying between latitude 10 degrees and 18 degrees South between longitudes 22 degrees and 33 degrees East has an area of 288, 130 square miles. It is bounded on the North by the Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and ... -
Cultural diversity and the role of traditional authority in local self governance: the case of Mozambique in Southern Africa
(1993-08-30)We will begin this article with the subject ''cultural diversity" and, in this context, examine the role traditional authority can play in the process of good governance. Therefore our principal focus will be this local, ... -
Cultural diversity and the role of traditional authority in local self governance: the case of Mozambique in Southern Africa
(1993-08-30)We will begin this article with the subject ''cultural diversity" and, in this context, examine the role traditional authority can play in the process of good governance. Therefore our principal focus will be this local, ... -
An overview on the small scale industry sector
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An overview on the small scale industry sector
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Improving the management of sexual maturation at primary schools: information needs from the perspective of Ugandan school children
(Makerere Institute of Social Research, 2002-06-14)A series of studies conducted in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe between 2000 - 2001 about management of puberty in Primary Schools all came to the same and poignant conclusion namely: the current management of sexual maturation ... -
Improving the management of sexual maturation at primary schools: information needs from the perspective of Ugandan school children
(Makerere Institute of Social Research, 2002-06-14)A series of studies conducted in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe between 2000 - 2001 about management of puberty in Primary Schools all came to the same and poignant conclusion namely: the current management of sexual maturation ... -
Local finances system and the feasibility of its decentralization
(1993-08)This paper is aiming to analyse the financial system of the cities and the feasibility of its decentralization, to demonstrate how the adoption of an autonomous financial system can lead, on one hand, to the solution of ... -
Local finances system and the feasibility of its decentralization
(1993-08)This paper is aiming to analyse the financial system of the cities and the feasibility of its decentralization, to demonstrate how the adoption of an autonomous financial system can lead, on one hand, to the solution of ... -
The sources and consequences of economic instability in Africa
(1983-06-13)In terms of a more recent history instability in Africa is represented by the strife in the Congo from the early 1960s; the civil war in Nigeria, numerous military coups d'etat and political assassinations, the civil war ...