LOOKING FOR WORK: WAGE LABOR, EMPLOYMENT, AND MIGRATION IN KARAMOJA, UGANDA

KRSU Publication

LOOKING FOR WORK: WAGE LABOR, EMPLOYMENT, AND MIGRATION IN KARAMOJA, UGANDA

August 2017
By: M. Mosebo, Padmini Iyer

The main purpose of this assessment is to document and analyze trends in labor and employment in the non-pastoral labor sectors within and outside Karamoja, and to investigate how individual- and macrolevel factors influence participation in the labor market.

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Life in Town: Migration from rural Karamoja to Moroto and Mbale

March 2012
By: Elizabeth Stites, Darlington Akabwai

The phenomenon of out-migration from Karamoja is well known and widely discussed both by rural residents in the region and by officials in receiving cities

KRSU Publication

Out-migration, Return, and Resettlement in Karamoja, Uganda: The case of Kobulin, Bokora County

June 2007
By: Elizabeth Stites, Darlington Akabwai

As part of a larger project entitled “Livelihoods and Human Security in Karamoja,” this briefing paper presents findings on causal factors and broad patterns in out-migration among the Bokora population.