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Browsing Social Sciences by Author "Asingwire, Narathius"

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    Leveraging community capacity to manage improved point-water facilities
    (2015) Mugumya, Firminus; Munck, Ronaldo; Asingwire, Narathius
    Community-based water management systems (CBWMSs) are now a popular policy strategy for sustainable rural safe water supply in Africa. However, the effectiveness of the model is marred by numerous bottlenecks of varying character and scale. This chapter, which is based on a case study of a rural parish in south-central Uganda, examines some of these bottlenecks. The study indicates that whereas CBWMSs are well known among water-sector actors as desirable for achieving functional sustainability of improved water facilities, conscious actions have not been taken to leverage the effectiveness of these water management systems. This failure is at the very heart of the weaknesses within the new policy frameworks which embrace principles of community participation, privatization, and public–private partnerships. The study advocates a public authority with renewed attention to local conditions that determine CBWMS effectiveness, especially in developing countries like Uganda
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    The Role of Social Work in Poverty Reduction and the Realisation of Millennium Development Goals in Uganda
    (Fountain Publ.., 2013-07-25) Twikirize, Janestic Mwende; Asingwire, Narathius; Omona, Julius; Lubanga, Rosalind; Kafuko, Agatha
    This publication presents the findings of the study on ‘The Role of Social Work in Poverty Reduction and Realisation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Uganda’. The study was undertaken as part of a three-year project on the ‘Promotion of Professional Social Work towards Social Development and Poverty Reduction in East Africa’ (PROSOWO), under the auspices of the Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education and Research for Development (APPEAR). The specific objectives were to identify key programmes undertaken to reduce poverty so as to achieve social development, and assess the extent to which professional social workers are engaged in such programmes, their specific roles and responsibilities as well as the approaches and methods used. Further, the study aimed to assess the adequacy of the social work curriculum in preparing social workers to address issues of poverty and social development in the context of MDGs. Issues of gender and contextualisation (culturally relevant social work) were also explored. Field research was undertaken in selected districts of Kampala, Wakiso, Iganga, Bugiri, Mbarara, Gulu and Nwoya between September and December 2011. Quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to collect data from social work practitioners, employers, clients, educators, students and policy makers.