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Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women: Economics
(Prepared for The New Women's Movement in Uganda)

BOOKS

Snyder, Margaret. 2000. Women in African Economies: From Burning Sun to Boardroom. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Ahikire, Josephine. 1994. 'Worker struggles, the labour process and control in United Garments Industry Ltd.'. In Mahmood Mamdani and Joe Oloka-Onyango (eds) Uganda. Studies in Living Conditions, Popular Movements and Constitutionalism. 183-226.

Appleton, Simon; John Hoddinott; Pramila Krishnan and Max Kerry. 1999. 'Does the labour market explain lower female schooling?: Evidence from three African countries'. In Giorgia B. Navaretti, Riccardo Faini and Giovanni Zanalda (eds) Labour Markets, Poverty and Development. 151-177.

El-Bushra, Judy. 1993. 'Economic interest groups and their relevance for women's development'. In J.E. Bayley (ed) Yearbook of Co-Operative Enterprise. 185-194.

Musisi, Nakanyike B. 1995. 'Baganda Women's Night Market Activities'. In Bessie House-Midamba and Felix K. Ekechi (eds) African Market Women and Economic Power. The Role of Women in African Economic Development. 121-139.

Obbo, Christine. 1991. 'Women, children and a 'living wage''. In Holger Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds) Changing Uganda: The Dilemmas of Structural Adjustment and Revolutionary Change. 98-111.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Appleton, Simon; John Hoddinott and Pramila Krishnan. 1999. 'The gender wage gap in three African countries'. Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 47, Issue 2 (Jan). 289-312.

Kagenyi, C. 1994. 'Availability of Banking Facilities to Rural Women: The Uganda Experience'. In E. Adipala (ed) African Crop Science Journal Volume 1, Issue 1 (Oct). 447-448.

Kwagala, Betty. 1999. 'Integrating women's reproductive roles with productive activities in commerce: The case of businesswomen in Kampala, Uganda'. Urban Studies Volume 36, Number 9 (Aug). 1535-1550.

Kyeyune, G and P. Goldey. 1999. 'Towards effective poverty reduction: a study of heterogeneous groups of poor women in Uganda'. Journal of International Development Volume 11, Number 4 (Jun). 565-580.

Meagher, Kate. 1990. 'The hidden economy: informal and parallel trade in Northwestern Uganda'. Review of African Political Economy Volume 47. 64-83.

Ogala, M. 1992. 'Ugandan women penetrate the industrial sector'. Arise #5 (Mar-Apr). 8-9.

Okwe, C. Asowa. 1991. 'Women wage workers in Uganda'. Arise #3 (Jul-Sep). 10-13.

Pickering, Helen; Ellen Kajura; George Katongole and James Whitworth. 1996. 'Women's groups and individual entrepreneurs: a Ugandan case study'. Gender and Development Volume 4, Number 3 (Oct). 54-60.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Basirika, Edith L. 1993. Structural adjustment and women in the informal sector: the case of market women in Kampala and Jinja towns. Kampala: Uganda Economics Association and Friedrich Ebert Foundation. 14 pages.

Council for Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa (CEEWA). Sep. 1997. Women's visions for economic justice in Uganda. Kampala: CEEWA.

Kakooza, Teresa. 1988. An assessment of rural women's needs related to their income-generating activities in Hoima District. Kampala: Centre for Continuing Education, Makerere University.

Manyire, Henry. 1992. Business management among market women: constraints and prospects. Kampala: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University.

Mensink, Mariel. 1995. Women and finance in Uganda: low-income women, respected business partners. The Hague: SNV N. 85 pages.

Mugyenyi, Mary. 1992. The impact of structural adjustment programmes on Ugandan rural women in the 1980s. Kampala: Department of Women Studies, Makerere University.

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). 1996. Understanding women's participation in artisanal salt production at Lake Katwe in Western Uganda. 1970-1990. Addis Ababa: OSSREA. 70 pages.

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). 1988. Women employees in the informal sector. Addis Ababa: OSSREA. 29 pages.

Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). 1995. Gender participation in the rural labor market: the case for Kabarole district, Uganda. Addis Ababa: OSSREA. 107 pages.

Uganda Women's Network (UWONET). 1995. Women and Structural Adjustment: A Case Study of Arua District. Kampala: UWONET.

WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE REPORTS

Centre for Basic Research (CBR). 1992. 'Gender and labour process: An analysis of gender dynamics in United Garment Industry Limited'. In Expedit Ddungu, James E. Opyene and Sallie Kayunga (eds) Women and Work, Historical Trends: Report of a CBR Workshop. Kampala: Makerere University, CBR.

Centre for Basic Research (CBR). 1992. 'The impact of structural adjustment programmes on Uganda rural women'. In Expedit Ddungu, James E. Opyene and Sallie Kayunga (eds) Women and Work, Historical Trends: Report of a CBR Workshop. Kampala: Makerere University, CBR.

Centre for Basic Research (CBR). 1992. 'The role of women in petty commodity production and commerce: A case study of rural women in Uganda'. In Expedit Ddungu, James E. Opyene and Sallie Kayunga (eds) Women and Work, Historical Trends: Report of a CBR Workshop. Kampala: Makerere University, CBR.

Centre for Basic Research (CBR). 1992. 'Women wage workers in plantation estates in Uganda'. In Expedit Ddungu, James E. Opyene and Sallie Kayunga (eds) Women and Work, Historical Trends: Report of a CBR Workshop. Kampala: Makerere University, CBR.

Uganda Debt Network. 2000. Understanding and advocating on budgets in Uganda: experiences presented at the Budget Advocacy Workshop organised by Uganda Debt Network and Global Women in Politics: held at Ranch on Lake, 26-30 October 1999. Kampala: The Network.

Uganda Women Network (UWONET). 1997. Gender, debt and development: Report of workshop held on 24 April, 1997 at Fairway Hotel, Kampala. Kampala: UWONET and the Uganda Debt Network. 25 pages.

DISSERTATIONS

Abaru, Millie Lucy Biruma. 1996. 'Credit to low income women in Uganda: regression analysis'. PhD.

Bafokuzara, Angela. 1997. 'Economic survival strategies adopted by rural poor women: A case of Ibanda sub-district'. MA.

Davis, Paula Jean. 1997. 'Time is money?: women's time allocation to market trading and to infant feeding in Kampala, Uganda'. PhD.

Kapampara, Esther. 1996. 'Gender differences that affect women's participation in the marketing of maize and beans: The case of Kabarole district'. MA.

Mbaalu-Musaka, Maureen Makurunda. 1996. 'The factors promoting women-operated home-based enterprises (HBEs) in Kampala City'. MA.

Musisi, Jennifer Lubwama. 1996. 'Role conflict and its effect on the performance of women employees of Makerere University'. MA.

Namuli-Tamale, Sarah. 1997. 'Women entrepreneurs in Kampala'. MBA.

Ruhweza, Alice. 1996. 'A test of the human capital model on the relationship between women's labor force participation and earnings in Uganda: the case of Kampala District'. MA.

Wakako, Florence. 1993. 'Gender-related constraints to agricultural credit: The case of women farmers and the Ugandan Community Bank rural farmers scheme'. MA.

UGANDA GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Ministry of Women in Development, Culture and Youth. 1994. Women's Informal Credit Groups: An Exploratory Study of Some Experiences in Kampala. Kampala: Ministry of Women in Development, Culture and Youth.

World Bank and the Ministry of Gender and Community Development. 1995. Report of Study on Legal Constraints to the Economic Empowerment of Women. Kampala: Ministry of Gender and Community Development.

UN DOCUMENTS

World Bank. 2000. Gender, poverty, and nonfarm employment in Ghana and Uganda. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. 43 pages.

WORKING PAPERS

Redd Barna 1996. Munno Mukabi Study Group: working papers on micro-credit. Kampala: Redd Barna.




Last update: December-15, 2001