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Faculty and Researchers
Barbara AthienoResearch Manager
Barbara is the Uganda based focal point for the Mercy Corps Apolou research activities in Karamoja. She is responsible for conducting and administering research as well as liaising with consortium partners and relevant stakeholders.
Barbara’s recent research has focused on agriculture, business, education, health care, water management, hygiene and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and child growth, and gender. Prior to joining Feinstein, Barbara was a team leader for a variety of research projects in Uganda, most recently completing two studies on education with Research Solutions Africa.
Barbara received her bachelor’s from Makerere University in Uganda and is completing her master’s in research and public policy at Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi.
Livelihoods and Education
News Items
Girl’s Education in Karamoja, Uganda – KRSU publishes two new reports
Across East Africa’s pastoralist areas, people’s livelihoods are increasingly diversified. Although education is a pathway to positive livelihood options, levels of formal education and literacy in these areas fall far…
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Apolou: Understanding the poor’s interactions with market systems and international programming
Feinstein’s work as part of the Apolou project seeks to understand the impacts over time of a shift to an increasingly cash-based economy on different wealth, livelihood, and demographic groups.
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Experiences of young women in four districts of Karamoja, Uganda: 2018-2022
This brief investigates the perceptions and experiences of young women related to wealth, livelihoods, and aspirations in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region.
Read MoreAn Analysis of absolute wealth, equality, and food security among households and communities in Karamoja, Uganda
This brief investigates how wealth, wealth equality, and food security have changed in specific villages in four districts in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda from 2018 to 2021/22.
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