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Securing the future: student financing at Makerere University, Uganda

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  • Carla Sutherland

    (London School of Economics, University of London, UK)

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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.

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  • Carla Sutherland, 2000. "Securing the future: student financing at Makerere University, Uganda," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(4), pages 549-558.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:12:y:2000:i:4:p:549-558
    DOI: 10.1002/1099-1328(200005)12:4<549::AID-JID690>3.0.CO;2-K
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