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Securing the future: student financing at Makerere University, Uganda
Author(s) -
Sutherland Carla
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1328(200005)12:4<549::aid-jid690>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - livelihood , economic growth , power (physics) , finance , economics , bargaining power , business , sociology , agriculture , geography , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , microeconomics
The paper reports on how children from poor families in Uganda finance their university education. A livelihoods systems framework is used to analyse the responses of a series of student discussion groups which explored what it costs to attend university and how these funds are secured. It is concluded that the differing capacity of students to raise funds is most strongly influenced by how much access they have to kin networks, and how wealthy these networks are. The best bargaining tool students have is the promise of increased earning in the future—but a commitment to using that earning power for the good of the family also needs to be demonstrated. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.