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ABSTRACT
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Contents
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION 16
1.1. Background of Study 16
1.2. Problem Statement 17
1.3. Research Questions 18
1.4. Research Objectives 19
1.5. Scope of Study 19
1.6. Research Process Chart. 20
1.7. Significance of Study 21
CHAPTER TWO. LITERATURE REVIEW 23
2.1. Community-Driven Development (CDD) 23
2.2. Characteristics and Importance of the CDD 24
2.3. Implementation Strategies for CDD Projects 24
2.4. Impacts of CDD Projects 26
2.5. Challenges of CDD Projects Implementation 27
2.6. Women's Empowerment 29
2.7. Agriculture and Women Empowerment 30
2.8. CDD Program in Uganda 33
2.9. Uganda Human Development Index (HDI) 35
2.10. Uganda Gender Development Index (GDI) 35
2.11. Conceptual framework 37
CHAPTER THREE. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 39
3.1. Brief Description of Study Area 39
3.2. Population and Sampling Procedure 40
3.3. Data Collection 40
3.4. Data Analysis 41
CHAPTER FOUR. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 42
4.1. Introduction 42
4.2. Background Information of Respondents 42
4.3. Number of Respondents in various CDD projects and Funders 44
4.4. Impacts of the CDD projects on Women's Empowerment 46
4.5. Frequency distribution of key variables 47
4.6. Descriptive statistics of key variables 51
4.7. Respondents' perceptions about the CDD projects 54
4.8. Implementation strategies for the CDD projects in the Nakawa Division 58
4.9. Challenges facing the CDD projects 59
4.10. Suggestions for Improving the CDD projects 60
CHAPTER FIVE. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 65
5.1. Conclusion 65
5.2. Recommendations 67
REFERENCES 69
APPENDIX 73
요약 80
Table 1. Comparing Uganda's GDI for 2015 with other selected countries 37
Table 2. Sampling matrix of respondents 41
Table 3. Respondents' background information 43
Table 4. Reliability test 47
Table 5. Mean and standard deviation of responses to key variables 52
Table 6. QE23. Were you actively involved in social activities in the Division... 55
Table 7. QE24. Do you think the CDD program has enabled women to be... 55
Table 8. QE25. Would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you... 56
Table 9. QE26. Do you think through the CDD program, your level of trust... 56
Table 10. QE29. Do you agree that the CDD program has helped you build... 57
Table 11. QE35. How much do you consider yourself happy for participation... 57
Table 12. QE36. How much control do you have over decision-making in your... 58
Table 13. Implementation strategies for the CDD projects 59
Table 14. Proposed strategies to boost CDD 64
Figure 1. Research process flow chart. 20
Figure 2. Organization of the Study 22
Figure 3. Trend in Uganda's HDI value from 1990 to 2015. 35
Figure 4. Conceptual framework of CDD projects impact on women's... 37
Figure 5. Geographical location of study area, Nakawa Division. 39
Figure 6. Number of respondents involved in respective CDD projects 46
Figure 7. Funders of the CDD program 46
Figure 8. Percentage responses of dependent variables 49
Figure 9. Percentage responses of independent variables 50
Figure 10. Challenges facing the CDD projects in the Nakawa Division 60
Figure 11. Suggestions for improving the CDD projects 61