Browsing by Subject "Decentralisation"
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The capacity of District Service Commissions to manage the recruitment function for Local Governments in Uganda, the case of Luweero District, (1997-2005)
(2010-12)As Uganda celebrates over a decade experimenting with decentralisation the country is still being teased by the teething problems of staff recruitment in particular recruitment and retention of high calibre civil servants. ... -
Community participation in the provision of safe water services in the context of decentralization: A study of Busukuma Division Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2021-03)Despite the increasing evidence that decentralization plays a critical role in empowering local governments to take more control over the delivery of social services, local participation in service delivery remains a ... -
Constraints to women in the participatory planning process in a decentralized system: a case of River Oli Division, Arua Municipal Council
(2009-11)Participatory planning process is one of the priority areas provided for in the 1997 Local Government Act. This study was carried out to identify the main factors constraining women’s contribution in the participatory ... -
Decentralisation and financial management in Uganda’s local governments: A case study of Mbarara District, 2001 - 2006.
(Makerere University, 2012-10)The aim of the study was to investigate into the extent to which finances are managed under the policy of decentralization in Uganda, particularly in Mbarara District. The study specifically sought to establish the ... -
Decentralisation of forest management — Is it a panacea to challenges in forest governance in Uganda?
Decentralisation of forest management is currently implemented in many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America as a governance strategy aimed at enhancing for‐ est resource conservation, poverty alleviation and equity ... -
Decentralisation, community empowerment and livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)This study examines the impact of decentralisation on political empowerment, livelihood improvement and coordination of development actors and programmes in Karamoja. It further explores the nexus between traditional ... -
Fiscal decentralisation and effectiveness of Local Governments in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2009-10)Although fiscal decentralization has emerged as a focus of public sector reform in many less-developed nations, the substantial body of theory and research on public finance in developing countries includes little substantive ... -
Human Resources Retention in Local Government: Review of Uganda’s Policy and Institutional Mechanisms for Performance
(Loyola College of Social Sciences, 2014-07)This paper presents results of a study conducted to examine human resource (HR) talent retention in Uganda’s local government in terms of the framework of existing policy and institutional arrangements. The paper derives ... -
Impact of decentralisation on service delivery to primary schools: a case study of Iganga District
(2009-12)The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of decentralization on service delivery in primary schools in Iganga district vis-à-vis the ethical theory of utilitarianism and the principle of subsidiarity. The study ... -
Local organisations and decentralised forest management in Uganda
(International Forestry Review, 2007)Policy and legal changes in Uganda have partly devolved forest management from the central to local governments and local community organisations. This paper analyses the roles, responsibilities, powers, legal instruments ... -
Management of change: the decentralisation process in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2007-06)The study, involved the use of competency model in highlighting the importance of change management competencies in managing change in organization's. Using a case study involving 73 respondents from 5 different local ... -
Technical and institutional capacity in local organisations to manage decentralised forest resources in Uganda
(Southern African Institute of Forestry, 2006-11)Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries that has devolved the management of forest resources. Meaningful devolution, however, requires that local governments and other community organisations should have capacity ... -
Towards improving hospital performance in Uganda and Zambia: reflections and opportunities for autonomy
(Elsevier, 2002)Hospitals have been relatively neglected although their high resource consumption implies that gains from improving the services they deliver may be substantial. Nevertheless, the challenges posed by hospital reforms are ...