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SAGA PUBLICATIONS — Competitive Research Grants Program Reports Also available on-line are WORKING PAPERS, and CONFERENCE PAPERS. Publications on this page are organized by publication date. Alternatively, you may view papers by: Research Theme           Country/Region            Author SAGA COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM REPORTS Final Reports Access to Primary Education in Rural Uganda May 2004 Nyankori, James C. O. and Marios Obwona In this paper, we present an extensive statistical description of rural primary schools, schooling and students in Uganda and estimate the relationship between academic performance and selected personal, demographic, and school characteristics using a linear probability model subsequently extended to predict academic performance. The survey data indicate considerable categorical differences in personal, household and school characteristics, and these have important implications for schooling behaviors and outcomes. Linear probability model predictions of academic performance reveal significant categorical differences in age, sex, nutritional status, after school activities, post primary education preference, school attendance, household production activities, occupation of head of household, and relation to head of household relative to academic performance. Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program Access to Schooling and Employment in Cameroon: New Inequalities and Opportunities April 2004 Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait M., Ngoube Maurice, Okene Richard, V.P Onguene,Serge Bahoken, Joseph Tamukong, Moses Mbangwana, Joseph Essindi Evina, and Caroline Mongue Djongoue This report is about recent trends in education and access to employment in Cameroon. It focuses on five questions about (1) current levels of schooling, (2) recent trends in enrolment, (3) recent trends in schooling inequalities, (4) access to employment, and (5) risks and opportunities to improve education and employment outcomes. Based on these analyses, the report discusses several challenges and opportunities in improving education and employment outcomes. Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program Rural Livelihoods and Collective Action in Joint Forest Management in Zambia February 2004 Bwalya, Samuel M. This study examines rural livelihoods and collective action in Joint Forest Management (JFM) in six local forest communities in three of the nine provinces of Zambia. The role of forests and woodlands resources to rural livelihood strategies and rural income is examined and the determinants of collective action are identified and discussed. Our analysis of rural livelihood strategies suggests that both agriculture and forests are important sources of rural livelihoods and contributors to rural income. However, although average income from agriculture is relatively smaller than income from forest products there are more people earning income from the former than from the latter. We also find that although women appear to be more dependent on forests and woodlands for subsistence, it is rather the men who more dependent on forests for commercial income. With respect to the determinants of collective action in local forest management, results from this study suggest that household income and income inequality across households, scarcity of forest products, organizational and social capital, and individual prior experience with collective action programs promote collective action whereas market integration and proximity to urban markets (which some form of regional heterogeneity) weakens cooperation. It was also evident that programs which support both agricultural development and forest conservation will have the greatest impact on local behavior, poverty reduction and longterm local forest management in the study area. Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program Challenges Facing Potential Investors in the Pineapple Industry in Ghana February 2004 Yeboah, Godfred The project involved studying the economics of pineapple production and marketing in Ghana. This was undertaken as part of two studies: “The Farmapine Model: A Cooperative Marketing Strategy and Market Based Development Approach.” and “Profitability and Risk Analysis: The Case of Ghana’s Pineapple Exports.” The project falls under SAGA’s general objectives and in particular under thematic area of ‘risks, vulnerability and poverty dynamics’. The study also has policy implications especially in terms of poverty alleviation and sustainable economic development. Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program An Investigation into the Relationship Between Household Welfare and Social Capital in Eastern Uganda February 2004 Hu, Chia-Hsin and Ben Jones This paper studies the relationship between social capital and household welfare. Social capital is taken to mean, very simply, ’durable social networks’. The relationship is investigated using survey work conducted in two villages in eastern Uganda. The surveys gathered information on the quality and extent of people’s participation in local organizations, as well as household welfare. To organize the analysis of the data the paper utilizes econometric tools designed for investigating the relationship between dimensions of organizational social capital and household welfare. At the same time, the paper recognizes some of the limitations inherent in relying on econometric work to analyze this relationship. As such, the econometric analysis is limited in examining only social capital as expressed through household participation in village level organizations. Our results show that "organizational social capital", as we have termed it, has only a small effect on household welfare. That said, we also draw on anthropological work conducted in the two survey villages, and from ethnographic material we argue that social capital, as expressed in less institutionalized social networks, has a significant affect on household welfare. In others words, it is the social capital that resides in such networks as personalized relationships, peer groups, or brokerage positions between development projects and the village that has a strongly determinate effect on household. Organizational social capital, which is the type of social capital "captured" in village level survey work, does not help us explain the most significant part of the relationship social capital and household welfare. Final Report for SAGA Competitive Research Grants Program Preliminary Progress Report Evaluating the Nutritional Status of Young Children in Kabarole District, Western Uganda Margaret Kabahenda Policy Relevance Summaries Ensuring Food Security in Ghana—The Role of Maize Storage Systems Paul W. Armah and Felix Asante Forest Policy and Administration in Zambia Samuel M. Bwalya Why Don’t Women Dye For Credit?: A Study of the Impact of Social Networks on Urban Women Cloth Dyers of Bamako, Mali Maxine Downs Access to Schooling and Employment in Cameroon: New Inequalities and Opportunities P. Eloundou, M. Ngoube, R. Okene, V. Onguene, S. Bahoken, J. Tamukong, M. Mbangwana, J. Essindi, C. Mongue, under the supervision of CEREG Precision Agriculture and Cotton Production in Benin Jean-Marc Gandonou Investigating the Relationship between Household Welfare and Social Capital, in Eastern Uganda Chia-Hsin Hu Economic Potential and Limitation of AGOA in Sub-Saharan Countries Aloyce R. Kaliba The Work of Women in Uganda: Contributions to the Macroeconomy Linda E. Lucas Imperfections in Membership Based Organizations for the Poor: An Explanation for the Dismal Performance of Kenya’s Coffee Cooperatives Andrew G. Mude Social Capital and Education: The Case of Western Kenya John Mulaa Regional Integration of the Cereals Markets in Southern Africa: A Case of Wheat, Rice and Maize Trade Emelly Mutambatsere Return to TOP OF PAGE Return to MAIN PUBLICATIONS PAGE/WORKING PAPERS

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