Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): Recent submissions
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Food Systems under Stress (FSUS) Project: Country Profile: Botswana
(1994-04)Botswana, with a total land area of 582,000 km2, is landlocked sharing borders with the Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Much of Botswana has been described as "flat with gentle undulations and ... -
An analysis of the Agro-industry in Uganda and its role in economic development
(1965)Uganda's major industry is agriculture and most non-farm production and service is related to agriculture. Nearly ninety per--cent of the population lives in rural areas. A large share of the industrial employment in centres ... -
An analysis of the Agro-industry in Uganda and its role in economic development
(1965)Uganda's major industry is agriculture and most non-farm production and service is related to agriculture. Nearly ninety per--cent of the population lives in rural areas. A large share of the industrial employment in centres ... -
Settlement and resettlement experience from Uganda’s National parks, game reserves and forest reserves
(1994)In Uganda the need for and justification of population resettlement has risen from a number of aspects related to the country’s economic setting. The existence of agricultural land of high potential but low population ... -
Settlement and resettlement experience from Uganda’s National parks, game reserves and forest reserves
(1994)In Uganda the need for and justification of population resettlement has risen from a number of aspects related to the country’s economic setting. The existence of agricultural land of high potential but low population ... -
Refugees and Politics in Uganda
(1993-12)It is common government rhetoric to talk of the granting of asylum as a humanitarian act. But as Loescher (1992: 34-51) has observed, refugee problems are intensely political and their causes and consequences are ... -
Refugees and Politics in Uganda
(1993-12)It is common government rhetoric to talk of the granting of asylum as a humanitarian act. But as Loescher (1992: 34-51) has observed, refugee problems are intensely political and their causes and consequences are ... -
Women's attitudes to condoms and female-controlled means of protection against HIV and STDs in South-Western Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 1999)The consistent and correct use of the male condom makes it highly effective in both disease prevention and as a contraceptive method. However, it is also well recognized that its use is under men's control. Because of this ... -
Men's attitudes to condoms and female controlled means of protection against HIV and STDs in South-western Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2000)There is widespread demand for the development of female controlled methods of protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. The success of such methods will not only depend on their acceptability to ... -
Socializing influences and the value of sex: The experience of adolescent school girls in rural Masaka, Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2001)In order to explore the socializing influences which have shaped rural adolescent schoolgirls' views and values about sex in a high HIV prevalence area of Uganda, detailed qualitative data was obtained over a one year ... -
Female control of sexuality: illusion or reality? Use of vaginal products in South west Uganda.
(Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001)This paper reports on a trial of vaginal products that were distributed and used by 131 women and 21 men in south west Uganda. It focuses specifically upon the issue of female control in heterosexual relationships and ... -
Breastfeeding practices and attitudes relevant to the vertical transmission of HIV in rural South-west Uganda.
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2001)Breastfeeding has been associated with a doubling of the risk of HIV transmission. In developed countries, it is recommended that HIV-positive women do not breastfeed, but this is not a feasible option in most of Africa. ... -
Attitudes to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV among pregnant women in rural South-west Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2001)This paper describes the results of a study exploring the attitudes of women attending maternity clinics to voluntary counselling and testing during pregnancy in rural areas in south-west Uganda. It was a qualitative study ... -
The negotiation of sexual relationships among pupils in South-western Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2001)The objective of the study was to explore how school-going adolescents in south-western Uganda negotiate sexual relationships. Qualitative data were obtained from 15 boys and 15 girls (14-18 years old), during a series of ... -
Mobility, sexual networks and exchange among bodaboda men in Southwest Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2004)In order to examine the sexual behaviour of a highly mobile social group, qualitative data and quantitative data were elicited from 212 private motorbike taxi‐men, locally called bodabodamen, from two study sites in Masaka, ... -
The adventures of the Randy Professor and Angela the sugar mummy: Sex in fictional serials in Ugandan popular magazines.
(Taylor and Francis, 2005)In 1996 newspaper vendors in Ugandan towns started selling a new kind of locally produced ‘lifestyle’ magazine. On the covers there were young, scantily dressed girls and inside news articles, fictional serials, lifestyle ...