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Social Protection for Workers in Uganda’s Informal Economy

An important reason behind the heightened concern for social protection for the informal economy is its rapid expansion with poor working conditions and low-wage operations. Informal workers lack income and social security, and job...

Social Protection for Workers in Uganda’s Informal Economy
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From Paper to Practice: Implementing Uganda's Industrialisation Agenda

There is a popular saying that Uganda is good at making good policies/plans but poor at implementing them. However, information about Uganda’s policy/plan making record, let alone its implementation performance, is scanty. What has...

From Paper to Practice
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Do Local Peace Deals Work? Evidence from South Sudan’s Civil War

This paper maps five cases of recent local level peace deals in South Sudan between 2014 and 2018 to identify key criteria that strengthen the prospects of successful implementation and sustainability of local peace agreements....

Do Local Peace Deals Work?
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Community Information Needs in the Oil and Gas sector in Uganda

The extractives sector, particularly the oil and gas sector, has been shrouded in secrecy, denial and limited access to information. This has left those who are both directly and indirectly affected by oil and gas developments unable to...

Community information needs in the oil and gas sector in Uganda
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Pro-poor and gender responsive urban land governance for increased security of tenure and equitable access to adequate housing in the city

The Policy Brief summarizes the challenges and recommendations towards responsive urban land governance that were identified during the public community dialogues in Kampala’s five divisions of Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and,...

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Performance of Workers and Youth Members of Parliament in Uganda 1995 - 2015

The findings of the study are a collation of relevant literature on the subject and the views of various key stakeholders in seven districts of Uganda. They were shared and discussed with various key stakeholders from across the country...

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The City we Need: Equitable and gender responsive urban land governance and housing for urban poor

Women in urban areas encounter challenges that differ from those in rural areas. Among these challenges is poor land use planning and management, inflating economic value of land hence making affordability and security of land ownership...

The city we need
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"IT'S KATOGO OUT THERE!" Community Voices on Crime Prevention and Security

This publication presents key results of the community policing dialogue project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Uganda office between June 2016 and July 2017. The project was motivated by increasing security concerns in the public...

It's Katogo Out There

Publications from the Visual Library

A comparative study of National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights in Africa

Addis Ababa : FES-Ethiopia, January 2026

labor rights perspectives

Gewerkschaftsmonitor / Uganda

Berlin : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Dezember 2023-

FES briefing

Functionality and effectiveness of SACCOs in reducting poverty and vulnerability in Uganda

Muhumuza, Fred K. | Kampala, Uganda : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, November 2022

a case study of informal traders and transporters in Greater Kampala

Land management handbook

Kiggundu, Amin Tamale ; Stephan, Mukiibi ; William, Eriaku ; Orashida, Nakanwagi ; Eunice, Aiamo | Kampala : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, August 2022

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