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AACES Newsletter December 2014 Issue No. 6

s 6th edition of the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) newsletter, a quarterly publication for partners in the 11 AACES countries. The…...
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Tourist Flows and Its Determinants in Ethiopia

iopia has immense tourism potential owing to its natural, historical and cultural endowments. The reasons behind the sectors poor performance have not been…...
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Gender Budgeting as a Tool for Poverty Reduction; Concepts, Practices and Capacity Implications - the Case of South Africa

oughout the first decade of democracy, the South African National Government has repeatedly and consistently expressed an unwavering commitment to obtaining…...
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Primary School Dropout: The Logistic Model Analysis

s paper describes the socioeconomic determinants of primary school dropout in Uganda with the aid of a logistic model analysis using the 2004 National Service…...
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Gender and incidence of indirect taxation: Evidence from Uganda

ce the 1990s, Uganda tax system has undergone various reforms. However, both tax policies and reforms have been formulated without clearly indicating the…...
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The need for a new International Development Architecture for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

ween 2001 and 2010 economic growth in the least developed countries (LDCs) accelerated strongly (6.9 percent annual GDP growth rate) as compared with the…...
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FOOD INSECURITY IN UGANDA: A DILEMMA TO ACHIEVING THE HUNGER MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL

status of food security in Uganda is worrying. The share of Ugandans suffering from food insecurity measured in terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high…...
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DOES TEACHING METHODS AND AVAILABILITY OF TEACHING RESOURCES INFLUENCE PUPILS PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM FOUR DISTRICTS IN UGANDA

s paper explores ways of improving education quality in Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools in Uganda. Following the introduction of UPE in Uganda in…...
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COMBATING CHRONIC POVERTY IN UGANDA: TOWARDS A NEW STRATEGY

ng a panel of 3,572 households in the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) region interviewed in 2004 and in 2008, the paper provides new evidence on…...
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Maccroeconomic Challenges of Microfinance

rofinance has been one of the boom sectors in development cooperation over the past years. At times, it was almost seen as a panacea for development. After a…...