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Journal articles on the topic "Informal sector (Economics) – Uganda – Kampala"
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Livingstone, Ian, and Susan Kemigisha. "Some Evidence on Informal Sector Apprenticeship in Uganda." Journal of Modern African Studies 33, no. 2 (June 1995): 339–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x0002111x.
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The system of apprenticeship within the so-called informal sector in East and Central Africa is generally thought to be more limited than in West Africa, albeit less well documented. This note reports briefly some findings from Uganda, based on a survey covering 45 metal-working and 45 wood-working establishments in and around Kampala from June to August 1993. Selected on a more or less random basis, all 90 were in the ‘micro-enterprise’ category, employing less than to persons, with a mean size of 5·7 (metal) and 5·0 (wood). As regards the first trade, 25 of these establishments were located in Katwe, seven in Kisenyi, six in Bwaise, four in Nbeeda, and three in Nakawa. The sample of wood-working establishments was selected more widely from 16 different locations, the most from any one place being seven.
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Nabunya, Phoebe, Ruth Mubeezi, and Phyllis Awor. "Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in the informal sector, Kampala Uganda." PLOS ONE 15, no. 9 (September 24, 2020): e0239062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239062.
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Kevin, Nwanna Uchechukwu. "The Occurrence of Workplace Hazards among Selected Workers in the Informal Sector Kampala Uganda." Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine 07, no. 04 (2019): 164–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/odem.2019.74013.
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Agabalinda, Colin, and Alain Vilard Ndi Isoh. "The Levels of Financial Literacy in Kampala, Uganda: A comparative analysis using objective and subjective measures." International Journal of Scientific Research and Management 8, no. 03 (March 5, 2020): 1645–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v8i03.em02.
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The study presents a comparative analysis of objectively measured and subjectively measured financial literacy in Kampala, Uganda. Financial literacy levels were measured and compared by the demographic characteristics of age, gender, employment status, level of education, and access to financial education. Survey data from a sample of n = 351 adults proportionately selected the five administrative divisions of Kampala in Uganda was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings reveal a high level of self-assessed financial literacy and a low level of objectively measured financial literacy among respondents. On the overall, respondents have a limited understanding of basic concepts of interest rate, inflation, and securities, thus suggesting overestimated levels of financial literacy among people in Kampala. The study finds the overestimation problem more prominent among younger people, and those employed in the formal sector. Further, financial literacy (both objectively and subjectively measured) is higher among men than women; and also higher among the respondents that have had prior financial education. Our findings have vital implications for policy and practice: First, is that financial education is a useful tool in promoting financial literacy. Second, financial education programs in Uganda need to proactively target women, persons aged 35 yrs and above, and self-employed persons operating in the informal sector. Third, there is an urgent need for financial educators to promote awareness on the need for financial education, especially among segments with overestimated levels of financial literacy.
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Katusiimeh, Mesharch W., Kees Burger, and Arthur P. J. Mol. "Informal waste collection and its co-existence with the formal waste sector: The case of Kampala, Uganda." Habitat International 38 (April 2013): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.09.002.
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Murungi, Caroline, and Meine Pieter van Dijk. "Emptying, Transportation and Disposal of feacal sludge in informal settlements of Kampala Uganda: The economics of sanitation." Habitat International 42 (April 2014): 69–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.10.011.
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Irumba, Richard. "An empirical examination of the effects of land tenure on housing values in Kampala, Uganda." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 8, no. 3 (August 3, 2015): 359–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-11-2014-0044.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of land tenure on housing values in metropolitan Kampala. Design/methodology/approach – A hedonic model is used to test the relationship between housing prices, land tenure and housing attributes using a cross-sectional dataset of transaction prices for 590 newly built houses sold in 2011. Findings – Public leaseholds in Kampala offer a premium of 23 per cent in housing values compared to freeholds. This could be due to a lack of formal systems for the assessment of leasehold premium and ground rent charges, an arrangement which can offer utility to the lesse at the expense of lessor, thereby making leaseholds popular on the market, or the developers’ lack of information on the benefits of freehold causing them to value leaseholds higher than freeholds. Similarly, private mailo tenure offers a 12 per cent premium in housing values compared to freeholds. There is no significant impact of Kabaka’s mailo tenure on housing values. When compared to private mailo, public leaseholds offer an 11 per cent premium in housing values. Practical implications – There is a need to advance leasehold as the urban land tenure for Uganda, disentangle multiple-layers of ownership on mailo land and roll out the land fund to enhance growth of the housing market in Kampala. Originality/value – This paper is the first of its kind to empirically examine the impact of mailo land tenure on housing values. Findings provide useful insights for investors and policymakers in the housing sector in Uganda.
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Kimuli, Saadat Nakyejwe Lubowa, Kasimu Sendawula, and Shakilah Nagujja. "Digital technologies in micro and small enterprise: evidence from Uganda's informal sector during the COVID-19 pandemic." World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 18, no. 2 (March 30, 2021): 93–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjstsd-02-2021-0017.
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PurposeThe purpose of the study was to explore the intention of micro and small enterprises’ (MSEs) owners to adopt digital technologies as a strategy to catalyze sustainable growth of Uganda's economy.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopted a qualitative, multi-case design. The unit of inquiry consisted of business owners operating in St. Balikuddembe Market, Kampala, Uganda. They were interrogated to explore their intention to adopt digital technologies during the total lockdown as a strategy to sustainably operate their businesses.FindingsA total of four major themes emerged from the data analysis process and these are the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on business operations, awareness of digital technologies, usage of digital technologies and intention to use more digital technologies.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study shed light on what policymakers, digital service providers and business owners can do to improve uptake of digital technologies among MSEs in Uganda.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the extant literature on digital technologies in MSEs using evidence from Uganda's informal sector. The results of the study may catalyze uptake of digital technologies as policymakers and digital service providers will devise appropriate strategies that will enable business owners to integrate these technologies into their business operations.
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Monteith, William, and Lena Giesbert. "‘When the stomach is full we look for respect’: perceptions of ‘good work’ in the urban informal sectors of three developing countries." Work, Employment and Society 31, no. 5 (July 1, 2016): 816–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017016650606.
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There is growing interest in the ability of the informal sector to provide gainful work in much of the developing world. However, the literature on work in the informal sector remains dominated by resource- and rights-based approaches, which fail to consider the features of work valued by informal workers themselves. This article investigates perceptions of ‘good work’ based on focus group discussions with informal workers in the capitals of Uganda, Burkina Faso and Sri Lanka. Using the capability approach as a framework, it reveals that informal workers value a combination of instrumental features of work, such as income and working hours, and intrinsic aspects, such as relationships and recognition. The article’s findings contribute to debates on quality of work in formal and informal contexts by illustrating the role of social and environmental conversion factors, including gender and class relations, in mediating the relationship between work and well-being.
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Kabuye, Frank, Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga, Julius Opiso, and Zulaika Nakabuye. "Internal audit organisational status, competencies, activities and fraud management in the financial services sector." Managerial Auditing Journal 32, no. 9 (October 2, 2017): 924–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-09-2016-1452.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between internal audit organisational status, competencies, activities and fraud management. As a corollary, this paper examines the contribution made by the internal audit organisational status, the internal audit competence and the internal audit activities on fraud management in financial services firms. Design/methodology/approach This study is cross-sectional and correlational, and it uses firm-level data that were collected by means of a questionnaire survey from a sample of 54 financial services firms in Kampala – Uganda. Findings Results suggest that the internal audit organisational status and the internal audit competence are significant predictors of fraud management. Contrary to previous thinking, internal audit activities do not significantly predict fraud management. Therefore, once internal auditors have appropriate status and are competent in an organisation, they are likely to perform activities that enhance fraud management. Research limitations/implications This study focuses on financial services firms in Uganda, and it is possible that these results are only applicable to the financial services sector. More research is therefore needed to further understand the contribution of the internal audit constructs on fraud management in other sectors such as the public sector. Practical implications The results are important for internal audit policy development, for example, in terms of prescribing the competences and reporting lines for the internal auditors to enhance fraud management in the financial services sector. Originality/value As far as the authors are aware, no research has hitherto been undertaken that investigates the individual contribution of internal audit organisation status, competence and its activities as internal audit constructs on fraud management.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Informal sector (Economics) – Uganda – Kampala"
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Okurut, Francis Nathan. "Credit demand and credit rationing in the informal financial sector in Uganda." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50308.
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Dissertation (PhD) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was motivated by the need to determine the key factors that influence credit demand and credit rationing in the informal financial markets so as to contribute to policy formulation to improve access for the poor in Uganda to the broader (formal and informal) financial sector. The results of the study suggest that credit demand in the informal financial sector is positively and significantly influenced by capacity related variables (education level, and household expenditure) at the household level, and the informal lenders' credit rationing behaviour is also negatively and significantly influenced by household wealth factors (asset values). The same variables have similar effects in the models for credit demand and credit rationing in the broader financial sector. Since households demand credit for both investment and consumption smoothing, improved access to the broader financial sector will enable them to acquire more wealth, and move out of poverty in the long run. The policy options to improve small borrower access to the broader financial sector include provision of incentives to banks to serve the smaller borrowers, development of credit reference bureaus, provision of innovative insurance products to the poor, and broader economic policies that enable households to acquire more wealth. In addition appropriate linkages need to be developed between the formal and informal financial sectors so as to broaden the financial system.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is gemotiveer deur die behoefte om die sleutelfaktore te identifiseer wat die vraag na krediet en kredietrantsoenering in die informele finansiele markte bemvloed ten einde In bydrae te kan maak tot beleid om beter toegang vir die armes tot die bree (formele en informele) finansiele sektor in Uganda te bewerkstellig. Die resultate van die studie dui aan dat die vraag na informele krediet In betekenisvolle en positiewe verwantskap toon met kapasiteitsverwante veranderlikes (vlak van opvoeding en huishoudelike besteding) op die huishoudingvlak. Informele uitleners se kredietrantsoeneringsoptrede toon In betekenisvolle en negatiewe verwantskap met huishoudings se vlak van rykdom (batewaardes). Dieselfde veranderlikes toon soortgelyke verwantskappe in die geval van die modelle vir kredietvraag en kredietrantsoenering in die bree finansiele sektor. Huishoudings se vraag na krediet is vir beide investeringsdoeleindes en om In meer egalige verspreiding van verbruik te verkry. Daarom sal verbeterde toegang tot die bree finansiele sektor hulle in staat stel om meer rykdom te bekom en so uit armoede in die langer termyn te ontsnap. Die beleidsopsies om kleiner leners beter toegang tot die bree finansiele sektor te bied, sluit in voorsiening vir insentiewe aan banke om klein leners te bedien, die ontwikkeling van kredietverwysingsburo's, die voorsiening van innoverende versekeringsprodukte aan die armes, en breer ekonomiese beleid wat huishoudings in staat sal stel om meer rydom te bekom. Toepaslike skakeling tussen die formele en informele finansiele sektore moet ook ontwikkel word ten einde In verbreding van die finansiele sektor te bewerkstellig.
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Nuwagaba, Geoffrey, and Miemie Struwig. "Relationships between cash management and growth of informal businesses in Uganda." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12319.
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This study investigates the relationships between cash management and growth of informal businesses in Uganda. Whereas anecdotal evidence has for some time revealed that informal businesses in Uganda are faced with the challenge of cash management, no specific studies have been conducted to investigate how this relates to the growth of businesses where evidence has also indicated that most of these businesses do not exist for very long. In particular, the study assesses and explores the growth levels of informal businesses in terms of sales volume, growth in employment and length of existence. The study investigates the various ways in which informal businesses manage their cash and investigates the various internal and external factors that moderate cash management and the growth of the informal businesses. Furthermore, the study proposes a possible framework to manage cash in informal businesses and makes recommendations to informal business owners and managers on how to effectively manage cash in order to stimulate business growth. In order to investigate the relationships between the variables, an empirical investigation was undertaken. Based on the literature review, the primary objective of the study was formulated to investigate the relationships between cash management and growth of informal businesses amidst the external and internal environment in Uganda in order to suggest a framework for effective management of cash by informal businesses that would enhance their growth. A positivistic research paradigm was adopted in this study. A sample of 383 informal businesses was drawn from the five divisions of Kampala district namely; Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga. To ensure validity and reliability, EFA and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were computed. Six hypotheses were developed to test the relationships between cash management and growth of informal businesses. The empirical results revealed that there is a significant relationship between cash management and the external environment in which informal businesses operate, a significant relationship between the external environment and the growth of informal businesses and a significant relationship between cash management and growth of informal businesses where the external environment will have a moderating influence on the relationship. The empirical results did not establish a significant relationship between cash management and the internal environment in which informal businesses operate, the internal environment and growth of informal businesses and cash management and growth of informal businesses where internal environment will have a moderating influence on the relationship. The results of this study show that the growth of informal businesses is largely hampered by poor cash management practices and challenges such as the lack of cash planning, lack of cash forecasting and budgeting, lack of financial controls and reporting, the tendency to invest largely in short-term assets which limits their profitability, the employment of less competent and skilled staff and lack of formal accounting information systems. The magnitude of the impact of these is accelerated by the external environment such as competition and the legal and regulatory environment which put pressure on the little cash resources owned by these businesses. Based on the study results, several strategies based on individual cash components of cash planning, cash forecasting and budgeting, financial controls and reporting, short-term investment of cash surplus, competence and skills of staff and accounting information systems were recommended for implementation. It was further recommended that these strategies should be implemented while giving due attention to the external environment if informal businesses are to effectively manage cash and enhance their growth.
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N'guessan, Fabienne Kombo. "Social exclusion in women traders associations in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6466.
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This study was prompted by the lack of information on women traders associations in the African context. Women’s participation in the informal economy is increasing due to factors such as high unemployment rate, women’s lower education level compared to men and, the flexibility of entry and exit in the informal sector compared to the formal sector. In general, informal workers do not hold any formal contract determining minimum wage, employment benefits or social protection.
Women continue to face very high barriers to have access to education and training because of the on going gender biases in many societies. Traders associations could hold the potential to relieve women traders from their daily burdens in public markets. This study uses the theory of social exclusion to examine different barriers women face in the market, and the role of traders associations hold in their inclusion.
The nature of the informal sector makes it difficult for traders associations to organise and provide services to their women members. Poorer women within traders associations have serious challenges in trying to be more assertive in their local communities and markets. Gender, class, kinship and ethnicity could all combine to account for their low status in their communities. Women’s integration within trade organisations depends largely on the negotiation of their terms of inclusion. Unfair terms of inclusion can potentially lead and continue unequal power relations as well as wealth inequality among traders.
Qualitative methods were used in this study of women traders in St Balikuddembe market, Kampala, Uganda. Over a period of six weeks, 25 days were spent in the market carefully observing women at work, and then conducting 20 individual interviews and two focus group discussions. The role which traders associations play in women’s lives, the influence they hold in the association and the procedure of integration in the market were examined.
The study revealed that the size of the main traders association for women determines the level of exclusion and its implication in its women members lives. Although OWA could be defined as an MBO, there is in fact a gap in their organisational structures in order to help women integrate better the market. It is in fact too large to be able to reach members, and is not accountable to them. The effect of social exclusion was identified in the gender, class and age of the women.
Women traders of St Balikuddembe market, in trying to achieve inclusion, form smaller self- help groups in addition to the large one. Both kinds of association play very different roles and perform different functions which are equally important in the lives of the women traders.Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Kintu, Ismail. "The relationship between core values and entrepreneurial performance: a study of SMEs in the informal economy of Uganda's central region." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24340.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and management, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Sciences. Johannesburg, November 2017.The conceptualisation of core values indicate that they are guiding principles in shaping organisational culture. Furthermore, values enhance firm efficiency if they are well integrated in all business processes. Despite the fact that core values motivate employees, SMEs in the informal economies of developing countries do not provide a list of core values to employees. The purpose of this study, therefore; was to establish the commonly practiced core values in Uganda’s informal economy and whether such core values could motivate and reinforce behaviour among employees and at the same time, foster entrepreneurial performance. The study adopted a mixed methods approach. In this case, the sample size for qualitative interviews was twenty-five respondents whereas the sample size for the quantitative survey was three hundred and eighty-six (386) respondents. The interviews were guided by a semi-structured interview guide and revealed that the commonly practiced core values in Uganda’s informal economy are; cleanliness, trust, fairness, responsibility and respect. It was established that core values motivate and reinforce employee behaviour. The quantitative survey was done using a questionnaire with a five- point Likert scale. Hypotheses and mediation tests were carried out by way of structural equation modeling, using AMOS and Sobel’s test respectively. Results from all hypotheses’ tests indicated significant positive relationships between predictor and outcome variables. However, the relationships of; motivation and entrepreneurial performance and legitimacy and entrepreneurial performance were positive, but insignificant. In addition, it was discovered that the reinforcement theory is applicable in Uganda’s informal economy. Based on the results of this research, it is recommended that SMEs should seek to acquire skills on how to fully turn legitimacy and motivation into business advantage and how to use core values as tools for advertising and marketing the business. Finally, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, with help from local governments, should design a policy to tempt SMEs to voluntarily engage in community service, especially cleaning up water and drainage channels to improve cleanliness in the communities as well as improving on business legitimacy.
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Katoroogo, Rachel Mindra. "Behavioural determinants of financial inclusion in Uganda." Thesis, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23819.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Business School, 2016Financial Inclusion seeks to overcome the friction that hinders markets from expanding access and use of formal financial products and services to a broad number of people. Despite the significant policy efforts and increased presence of formal financial service providers, the Ugandan economy still bears low levels of financial inclusion, especially in the rural areas. The finance growth and decision-behaviour theories substantiate the importance of understanding the psychological processes underlying observed individual judgments or choices regarding the use of formal financial services. Using Sen’s capability approach, this study examined the personal and societal capabilities that influence financial inclusion of individual financial consumers. Specifically, this study assessed whether the capabilities an individual possessed actually contributed towards their likelihood of financial inclusion. The hypothesized study relationships with financial inclusion were realized, following a positivist and quantitative approach using a cross sectional research design. The sample of 400 individuals to whom the survey questionnaire was delivered were drawn from two distinct regions of Central and Northern Uganda. The two regions represented varying levels of financial inclusion - high inclusion (urban Central) and low inclusion (rural Northern). In this study, besides the traditional regression models, structural equation modelling using Analysis of Moments (AMOS), were used to establish the causal relationships between the hypothesized study variables. The study results revealed that financial self-efficacy, financial literacy, social networks and the interaction of the personal and societal capabilities significantly contributed to an individual’s financial inclusion across the two regions. The results further revealed that the personal and societal capabilities independently, and when combined, contribute towards an individual’s financial self-efficacy. Through an assessment of the mediation effect, this study demonstrated how financial self-efficacy can boost individuals to confidently undertake financial tasks and decisions and consequently, financial inclusion in relation to their capabilities, respectively. The results provide support to Sen’s capability theory as a tool for explaining financial inclusion from a demand side perspective within the Ugandan context.
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Books on the topic "Informal sector (Economics) – Uganda – Kampala"
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Nalunga, Jane Seruwagi. Women employees in the informal sector, Kampala, Uganda. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 1998.
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Christine, Ampaire, ed. Vending in the city: A gendered perspective of policy, conditions, and organisational capacity of vendors in Kampala, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Centre for Basic Research, 2003.
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Adebua, Asa. The role of the informal financial sector in small and medium scale industries in Uganda: The case of Kampala District. Kampala, Uganda: NURRU Publications, 2004.
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John Paul II Justice and Peace Center. The Kampala basic needs basket: Cost of a basic needs basket in six informal settlements, Kampala-Uganda, 2008, no. 1. Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2008.
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Center, John Paul II Justice and Peace. The Kampala basic needs basket: Cost of a basic needs basket in six informal settlements, Kampala-Uganda, 2008, no. 1. Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2008.
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Keene-Mugerwa, Lilian, and Dauda Waiswa Batega. Risks and vulnerabilities of HIV/AIDS in the informal sector: A case study of women and youth in Lira and Iganga Districts-Uganda. Edited by Platform for Labour Action (Uganda). Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2010.
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The Kampala basic needs basket: Cost of a basic needs basket in six informal settlements, Kampala-Uganda, 2008, no. 1. Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2008.
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The Kampala basic needs basket: Cost of a basic needs basket in six informal settlements, Kampala-Uganda, 2008, no. 1. Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2008.
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