The influence of culture on socio-economic development of women; a case study of Lotome Sub County, Napak District Uganda
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2014-05
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
Although the United Nation Development report Programme has put forward that
development must lead to long and healthy lives, access to information and
resources needed for decent living and to be able to participate in the community life.
The development cooperation report 2005/2006 indicates that Uganda like any
other developing country has the History of dependency on outside support which is
unsustainable in terms of development.
The country is still characterized with cultural practices that do not support
development and they have always influenced the soclo -economic development of
women in one way or another. The women suffer with a number of challenges as a
result of cultural perception which has affected their involvement in socio -economic
activities and the research was intended to find out if there some practical solutions
to the challenges facing women in socio -economic development. The research
study was intended to find out the influence of culture on socio -economic
development in Lotome Sub County, Napak District, North Eastern Region of
Karamoja and will be conducted from February to may 2014.
the study will be of importance to the researcher for the award of a degree in
development studies, to policy makers in designing development projects and
programs and will be used by other students for future references.
The study will be based on the review of the already existing literature from other
authors. Various methods will be used in identifying a study design where both the
qualitative and quantitative methods will be used,
The next thing will be the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the data, this
involves the findings of the study. This was followed by chapter five with the
discussion, conclusion and recommendation which has been derived from the
findings of the study.
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A research report submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies of Kampala International University
Keywords
Culture, Socio-economic development, Women, Napak District, Uganda