Anna Vitali
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Why do firms in Low-Income Countries grow slowly? An Investigation of Demand Side Mechanisms
REFNo: SS711ES
Why do firms in low-income countries grow slowly? My research will provide new evidence on demand-side constraints, that is the challenges that firms face in building a customer base. Specifically, I will study how limited information on product quality restricts the ability of high-quality firms to attract consumers.
Accessing new customers may be especially difficult in developing countries due to high search costs and the lack of institutions that can enforce quality standards. High search costs make it hard for consumers to learn about the existence and the quality offered by different sellers in the market. At the same time, the lack of institutional capacity to enforce quality standards increases the probability of meeting extremely low-quality sellers in the market, thus reducing consumers’ willingness to try out new firms. This type of frictions significantly restricts the ability of high-quality producers to capture customers from lower-quality firm, allowing for the survival of a mass of small, unproductive businesses in the economy.
Customers’ limited ability to observe goods quality can also lead to discrimination against particular groups. For instance, recent studies have shown that individuals tend to underestimate the ability of women relative to men in male-typed domains. If the quality of goods is hard to observe and customers believe that, on average, men have higher ability than women in male-dominated sectors, female entrepreneurs may face significant discrimination from customers when entering male-dominated, high-productivity industries. This could contribute to gender-based employment segregation, one of the leading causes of gender disparity in the labour market.
The findings from my research will shed light on the mechanisms through which policies aimed at improving information on product quality may stimulate firm expansion and employment creation, as well as reduce gender-based employment segregation in low-income economies.
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Italy |
2021-04-29 |
2024-04-29 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Tonny Kiyimba
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Dietary pattern and cardio-metabolic profiles of HIV positive Ugandans
REFNo: HS1355ES
3. Assess the association between lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity) and metabolic health of HIV positive Ugandans,2. To assess the association between ART regimen and duration and metabolic health (waist circumference, blood glucose; blood lipid profile – total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides; body composition and blood pressure) of patients with HIV in Uganda,1. To assess the association between dietary intake and metabolic health (waist circumference, blood glucose; blood lipid profile – total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides; body composition and blood pressure) of patients with HIV in Uganda ,To assess the dietary patterns and cardio-metabolic risks of HIV positive Ugandan adults,
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Uganda |
2021-04-28 |
2024-04-28 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Tumwerinde Emmanuel Aturinde
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Towards a Regendered Military and Women Participation in the AMISOM
REFNo: SS723ES
i. Explore the nature of gender relations in the military institution and its influence on selection, training and deployment of women in peace operations
ii. Analyse the history of women participation in peace operations with reference to the Kenya and Uganda as AMISOM Troop Contributing countries
iii. Examine the roles and experiences of women combatants in peace operations.
iv. Analyse how women participation and experiences in peace operations have contributed to change in gendered military relations in the context anti-antiterrorism Missions.
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Uganda |
2021-04-27 |
2024-04-27 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Victoria Namuggala Flavia
ID: UNCST-2019-R000991
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The gendered price of precarity. Young women navigating workplace sexual harassment.
REFNo: SS608ES
Principal aim
The principal aim of the project is to contribute to an understanding of the processes of empowerment of young females in response to (vulnerability to) WSH, in order to inform policy directions and civil society efforts aimed at empowering young workers.
Specific objectives are:
1) To contribute to a better understanding of processes of gaining voice and empowerment in response to WSH in different precarious labour settings, by highlighting variation between the formal and informal sector.
2) To contribute to empirical knowledge about WSH in sectors for which limited research exists, and from a youth perspective.
3) To raise awareness among relevant policy actors about the specific conditions that create vulnerability to WSH for young women working in selected formal and informal sectors, and help them design strategies to address this within employment interventions.
4) To contribute to policy development for addressing sexual harassment in the informal sector, in support of implementing Article 8 of ILO Convention 190.
5) To contribute to the development of an ‘everyday language’ in local vernacular in Uganda and Bangladesh, which policy actors, civil society, and young women can comfortably use to articulate WSH.
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Uganda |
2021-04-27 |
2024-04-27 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Olivia Kituuka
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INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL SURGICAL EMERGENCY UNITS IN THE URBAN UGANDAN SETTING
REFNo: HS1208ES
i. To explore and describe patients’ experiences and satisfaction with the informed consent process for emergency surgery, at both public and private not for profit teaching hospitals in Uganda
ii. To explore the roles, perceptions and experiences of the next of kin of patients who have undergone emergency surgery on the informed consent process at both public teaching hospital and private not for profit teaching hospitals in Uganda.
iii. To determine the factors that influence informed consent practices of emergency department staff involved in the informed consent process for emergency surgery in public and private not for profit teaching hospitals in Uganda
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Uganda |
2021-04-27 |
2024-04-27 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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