Tag: colonialism

• Outsourcing’s third wave : buying farmland abroad

  Abstract: The fear of rising food prices and trade bans have prompted rich food importers from the Middle East and China to acquire vast tracts of poor countries’ farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism? Author(s): Source(s): , The Economist [4] p., ill., graph, map, photogr The Economist Published: 2009 Economist newspaper, London (English…

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  January 1, 2009

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  Asia, colonialism, food security, foreign investments, land acquisition, poverty, Public Sector

• Local government in Uganda

  Abstract: The history of local government in Uganda is presented. Recent constitutional changes are outlined, the various levels of democratic local government and their respective responsibilities are summarized, and the challenges of local governments to raise revenue are highlighted. Author(s): Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick Source(s): , Local government bulletin; Vol. 9, No. 4 p. 25-28, ill Local…

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  January 1, 2006

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  administrative reform, colonialism, decentralization in government, history, Local Government, Uganda

• African decentralisation policies and practices from 1980s and beyond

  Abstract: The dilemmas of recent decentralization policies and programmes in Africa are highlighted and the main features of African decentralization practices from colonial times to the 1980s and beyond are identified. Author(s): Olowu, Bamidele Source(s): , Working papers / Institute of social studies; 334 46 p., 30 cm Working papers / Institute of social studies…

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  January 1, 2001

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  Africa, colonialism, decentralization in government, democracy, development policy, Local Government, structural adjustment