The Literacy Laboratory Project (LLP) in Uganda aims to scale up and evaluate the Mango Tree literacy program, promoting reading and writing, especially in local languages, as a meaningful part of daily life in households and communities.
Principal Investigator: Robin Stuart Burgess. Lead Organisation: London School of Economics & Pol Sci
Principal Investigator: Catherine Dolan. Lead Organisation: School of Oriental and African Studies
Co-investigators: Paul Montgomery; Linda Marie Scott; Caitlin Ryus
Concerned with exploring the space for empowerment of those who suffer illbeing through their gender identity, this study with married couples in a rural area of Eastern Uganda uses multiple methods including survey data, ethnography and experimental economics.
Principal Investigator: David Wilkie. Lead Organisation: Wildlife Conservation Society
Co-investigators: Eleanor Milner-Gulland; Katherine Mary Homewood
Shame, social exclusion and the effectiveness of anti-poverty programmes: A study in seven countries
The research examines Amartya Sen's contention that shame is an attribute of poverty in all societies. Shame is believed to reduce a person's agency, the capacity to act constructively, and to increase social exclusion which, in turn, curtail economic development.
Principal Investigator: Sven Wunder. Lead Organisation: Centre for International Forestry Research, CIFOR (Forests and Livelihoods)
Co-Investigators: Fiona Jane Chandler (CIFOR); Dana William Sunderlin (CIFOR): Frank Ellis (University of East Anglia); Murray Belcher (CIFOR); Arild Angelsen (CIFOR); Katrina Brown (University of Exeter)
Pages
