This timely collection of twenty chapters presents revisionist insights into both African studies in general and scholarship on Uganda in particular... it not only offers the newcomer to Uganda a good introduction to topical issues, but also engages readers who are more familiar with the country in argument. - -- Jan Kees van Donge * AFRICAN AFFAIRS * ...a good picture of the current status of Uganda - CHOICE Par la richesse et la diversite de leurs analyses, ces ... livres collectifs s'etaient rapidement imposes comme ouvrages de reference... Developing Uganda ajoute une pierre a cet ambitieux edifice scientifique. - * POLITIQUE AFRICAINE *
Introduction: ten years of change in Uganda. Part One Growing out of poverty: changes in poverty patterns; economic aspects of the transition from civil war; developing industry; the progress of privatization; trade liberalization issues; loan funds and development; food production in urban areas; developments at Jinja. Part Two Changing political considerations: constitutionalizing politics; gender issues; empowering women; indigenous NGOs and political participation; land tenure issues; changing the civil service; developments in decentralization policy. Part Three Health and population policies: AIDS and development; who cares for the carers?; population policies. Part Four Local ideas of development: Alur reaction; the new world of Alice Lakwena; development at the grassroots.