Decentralisation and conflict in Uganda

Decentralisation and Rural Service Delivery in Uganda

Decentralisation and conflict: Introduction and overview

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Decentralisation and Good Governance 1 . Decentralisation and Conflict Management in Multicultural

1.1. Types of decentralisation In this paper, we shall be concerned mainly with forms of decentralisation other than federalism. Decentralisation is a very general term, conventionally used to describe the extent to which the political, administrative or fiscal powers of a central government have been shared or distributed, amongst territorially defined sub-national agencies or authorities. Thi...

‘Negotiating with ghosts’: Religion, conflict and peace in Northern Uganda

This article outlines the current situation with regard to the Lord’s Resistance Army and the possibilities for peace in Northern Uganda. It seeks to add to the discourse on rethinking Africa’s international relations in the context of a specific conflict and with regard to a specific tool of the international community: the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its involvement in issuing warr...

A descriptive study on health workforce performance after decentralisation of health services in Uganda

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Uganda, like many developing countries, is committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. However, serious challenges prove to hamper the attainment of these goals, particularly the health related MDGs. A major challenge relates to the human resources for health. The health system in Uganda was decentralised in the 1990s. Despite the health sect...