Essays about: "Uganda"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 482 essays containing the word Uganda.
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1. Provisions of social workers to victims of internal child trafficking in Uganda: A case study of children living on the streets of Kampala City
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : Human trafficking has become a serious global challenge in the recent past. Regarded as a global epidemic, it has triggered an increase in numbers of children living on the streets especially in countries where internal trafficking in children is a common social vice. READ MORE
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2. Timber, Drugs or Gold: The Podium for Conflict Related Sexual Violence : A qualitative study on the impact of lootable and non lootable resources on conflict related sexual violence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Recent research has identified a correlation between differrent ways of exploiting natural resources and the occurrence of conflict-related sexual violence. In a quantitative study, extortion showed to have a high correlation with instances of conflict-related sexual violence, but the study lacked evidence for a causal relationship. READ MORE
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3. Uncertainty Quantification in Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Classification in Point-of-Care Ultrasound Imaging
University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematik LTHAbstract : Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide with an estimate of 2.3 million new cases in 2020, and the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in women. READ MORE
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4. The impact of financial intermediation on economic growth in East African Community (EAC) and North African countries
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)Abstract : This thesis investigates the impact of financial intermediation on economic growth in two regions: the East African Community (EAC) countries (Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda) and North African countries (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia). The study analyzes the regions employing a Granger causality test and explores if financial intermediation influences economic growth. READ MORE
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5. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. READ MORE