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"Water as a development constraint : the case of Lwebitakuli subcounty, Sembabule district, Uganda"
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This is a qualitative study that explores people‟s perspectives of water as a constraint to socio-economic development in Lwebitakuli sub-county, Sembabule District, South western Uganda. Three main research questions were explored: What are the features of socio-economic development in Lwebitakuli? What is the role of water in development? How do people perceive or describe water as a development concern? And what strategies has government, NGOs and community members adopted to cope with the challenges and improve water supply in Lwebitakuli? Data was collected by a triangulation of methods such as; semi-structured intervie…
State as a development actor : evidence from case study of Gemidiriya community development and livelihood improvement project of Matara district, in…
2011
Master thesis in development- University of Agder 2011 This thesis about the state as a development actor drawing: - evidence from a case study of the Gamidiriya Community Development and Livelihood Improvement project of Matara district in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study is to identify to what extent the Gamidiriya project has been successful in improving household‟s livelihoods. Livelihood development projects are designed by the state to help to improve the quality of life for rural people by providing them with access to livelihood opportunities. The assets in the livelihood definition consists of five categories, which include social capital, financial capital, physical capital,…
Natural Disasters impact on children, with a particular emphasis on girls and children with disabilities A case study from Haiti assessing children’s…
2015
Master thesis development management- University of Agder, 2015 This thesis explores whether children, and especially girls and children with disabilities, are more vulnerable in natural disasters. In addition, the thesis investigates what the underlying factors of children’s vulnerabilities are caused by and how we can decrease their vulnerabilities, using Haiti as a case study. Disasters poses substantial threat to both sustainable development and poverty reduction initiatives and can be argued to be the very “antithesis of human development”. The impacts of natural disasters are not evenly distributed among countries, neither are the impacts evenly distributed among citizens. Impacts are…
The Significance of women's participation in community forest sustainable management : a case study of Shikharpur community forest, Hokse VDC-3. Kavr…
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 Community forest programmes are prioritized in the Nepal government forestry sector. This program was started in Nepal during the late 1970s. The main objective of this program is to ensure local people’s participation for better forest management. Prior to the 1970s deforestation was very high due to the government nationalization act of local forests. The government had restricted local peoples access to forests. As a result, people were aggressively opposed to the government’s actions, and deforestation became a serious problem in rural Nepal. The government realized this as a fact and started a participatory approach in d…
Congolese rape victims' struggles for recognition : what can be done to challenge this reality?
2012
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2012 With up to 400 000 women being raped annually it is clear that this is a challenging and complex problem in DR Congo. Many actors treat and support rape victims, playing an essential role in a country where health facilities are few - and a welfare system is an unknown concept. However, where the initial stage after a rape may be the most critical phase, it is important to look into how rape victims cope more long-term - after medical treatment and psychotherapy. This study has therefore interviewed female rape victims in order to get a broader understanding of their situation, after being subjected to rape(s). Based on the …
Determinating factors for a succesful establishment of participatory forest management : a comparative study of Goba and Dello districts, Ethiopia
2010
Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 A Participatory Forest Management project run by Farm Africa and SOS Sahel Ethiopia in Bale region is operational since 2006 in four pilot districts (Goba, Dello, Harrana and Nenesebo). The establishment of the project has turned out to be a success in some sites and a failure in others. The objective of this study was to explore factors that explain successful establishment of the programme thereby assessing the effects of economic, social and biophysical factors on participation. Data were collected from 80 household respondents as well as from interviewees and focus group discussions from different sampling units/groups as …
Public participation in solid waste management : challenges and prospects : a case of Kira Town council, Uganda
2009
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009 Solid waste disposal and management is both an urban and rural problem. Every person is a potential generator of waste and thus a contributor to this problem. To generate waste is one thing, the type of waste generated is another and yet also the way the generated waste is managed or disposed of is quite a different issue. This study was carried out in Kira Town Council which is located within Wakiso District in Central Uganda, in Buganda Region. The main objective of this study was to explore the level of public participation in solid waste management in Kira Town Council, in light of the challenges and prospects for future…
Trust: A precondition for succesful implementation of redd initiatives? : a study of local empowerment and community involvement in Papua Barat, Indo…
2010
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the issue of whether trust is a precondition for the successful implementation of sustainable REDD initiatives in Papua Barat, Indonesia. Research objectives have been to assess the forest dependency of the indigenous peoples of Kampung Mokwam and Manokwari Utara and how this dependency affects their choice of livelihoods. Involvement of governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the past and present has given an indication of the trust levels that prevail in the Papua Barat setting. The main objective has been to analyze how trust builds social capital, thus empowering indigen…
Development impacts on resettled IDPs : an assessement of the interventions channeled through the IDP camps in Mannar district, Sri Lanka
2012
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This research strived to assess the impact of development interventions channeled through IDP camps on key development aspects of resettled IDPs. The key finding was that given the optimum efforts of all the stake holders including the government and also the major constraints faced by them, the resettlement approach adopted was ad-hoc and ineffective except in the areas of education and health resulting in a lack of positive impact on the QOL of resettled IDPs. The key recommendations of the research are to revisit the resettlement scenario and initiate vocational and technical training schools, draw up a policy on housing …
The effects of poverty on child health in relation to thesocioeconomic status of mothers : a case study of Nakawe divison, Kampala district, Uganda
2010
Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 This study has its basis on the Millennium Development Goal 4 that has to do with reduction of the under five mortality rate by two thirds between 1990 and 2015 (United Nations 2009; 24). Children from developing countries are more likely to die within the first five years of life than children in industrialized countries. About half of the deaths of children in the developing world are in Sub-Saharan Africa; many of these deaths are caused by preventable diseases like diarrhea, pneumonia measles and HIV. Poverty has a negative effect on child health, it is no surprise that the highest numbers of infant deaths are in the “deve…