Acknowledgement
Some of the data for this article came from the author's doctoral research at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The author would like to thank Professor Tom Lodge for his advice and encouragement.
Notes
1. The report points out that almost half of the members had decreasing loans over time (Bank of Uganda Citation2000b:10).
2. The report further indicates that more than 50 percent of the members had a decrease in weekly savings (ibid:11).
3. The two evaluation reports we accessed mention only the 17 registered associations but do not mention the other 10 because they were still in the formative stages. See ACORD Citation1999:7, ACORD-Mbarara Programme (UGA/11) Citation1999.
4. The responsibilities of the rural development workers (RDWs) are described in the ACORD Citation1999 report.