Browsing by Author "Bogere, George"

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    Assessing Capacities for Local Economic Development in Uganda
    (ACODE, 2020) Kavuma, Susan; Tibamwenda, Assumpta; Mushemeza, Elijah; Bogere, George; Tamale, Lillian; Semakula, Eugene; Mbabazi, Jonas
    he study sought to address four objectives: (i) analyzing the perspectives of actors at the district and Central Government level on the concept of local economic development; (ii) identifying LED initiatives implemented by districts; (iii) assessing the economic potential of districts, and (iv) evaluating the inclusiveness of LED initiatives. First, the report gives an extensive background to the pursuit of LED in Uganda, including the preliminary steps taken in conceptualizing LED and developing the National LED Policy. It further unravels the perspectives of the actors at the district levels including local government leaders, the private sector, civil society organizations (CSOs), citizen groups and others on LED. It also makes an assessment of the implication of the LED policy on local economic development in the districts covered. From the viewpoints of the stakeholders, the report documents the district goals, targets, and strategies related to economic growth and empowerment existing in the LED interventions, challenges, and solutions commandeered. Second, is the identification of local economic potentials and business opportunities in any district for competitive advantages in economic productivity and resource generation. Factors identified included market access, economic density, urbanization, skills, and local transport connectivity; natural heritage, resource endowments such as, land area, population, natural resources, access to water, and access to electricity. Third, inclusive development is articulated as part of the processes and activities concerned with ensuring that all often marginalized and usually excluded groups such as women, persons with disabilities, youth and refugees are involved in the development processes. This inclusiveness ensures that these groups of people possess economic potential in their unique attributes such as artisan skills. The differential roles of refugees and the host communities in LED communities are also analyzed in this study.
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    Effectiveness of the National Budget
    (ACODE Policy Dialogue Report Series, 2013) Kakembo, Sophie Nampewo; Bogere, George
    The Citizens’ Budget Tracking and Information Centre (CBTIC) team at ACODE is grateful to all those actors that took part in making the dialogue a success. We are grateful to 93.3 Kfm and NTV Uganda for partnering with ACODE to have the live debate. We are also grateful to the presenters for having prepared background papers that formed the basis of discussions at the dialogue. Specifically we would like to acknowledge the efforts by Dr Abel Rwendeire (National Planning Authority), Ms Rosetti Nabbumba (Ministry of Finance), and Dr Nichodemus Rudaheranwa (Makerere University Business School). In addition, we are grateful for the contributions made by the panel of experts; Dr Augustus Nuwagaba (Makerere University), Dr Fred Muhumuza (Ministry of Finance), Mr Francis Kamulegeya (Price Waterhouse Coopers) and Mr Charles Ocici (Enterprise Uganda). We are also grateful to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the International Budget Partnership (IBP) for the financial support.
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    Supporting Business Opportunities for Rural Women in East and Southern Africa: A case study of Uganda
    (ACODE Policy Research Series, 2018) Kavuma, Susan Namirembe; Muhanguzi, Florence Kyoheirwe; Bogere, George; Cunningham, Kiran
    This study examines the characteristics of rural women doing business in Uganda. It analyses the nature of business operations and structural barriers women face thus hindering them from seizing economic opportunities. It is part of a collaborative research project on ”Supporting Opportunities for Rural Women in Business in East and Southern Africa” implemented in three countries: Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda. The baseline study informs the design of the proposed intervention to support rural women in business. It also establishes the key parameters to be measured during the endline survey. Three research institutions were contracted to implement this project: the Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) in Zimbabwe, the Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD) in Kenya, and Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) in Uganda. The overall aim of this research is to support the economic empowerment of rural women in value addition businesses in the three countries. This will be achieved through identification and promotion of viable business enterprises that lead to the creation of decent and sustainable jobs. In this research, we conceptualise women empowerment in two major dimensions: economic advancement, and power and agency. Expounded by Golla et al. (2011), women’s economic empowerment is defined as the ability of women to succeed and advance economically and possess the power to make and act on economic decisions. For economic empowerment, women must have access to productive resources such as human capital (education, skills and training), financial capital (loans, savings), physical capital (land, machinery), and social capital (networks and mentors). Women must also have the power and agency necessary to make and act on decisions regarding the distribution and control of resources and proceeds from business ventures. This conceptual framework is the basis of our theory of change and the proposed intervention to empower women in the study sites. The intervention is designed to empower women through a combination of mentorship and peer to peer learning to improve their basic business skills and their capacity for product development, both of which were identified as areas of need by women who participated in the baseline study. Through this intervention, women will have greater ability to access productive resources and improve their capacity for agency and wellbeing.