Volume 18, Issue 1, September 2015, Pages 11–17
Beatrice Atim Alupo1, Opoku Maxwell Peprah2, and Eric Badu3
1 Institute of Governance Humanities and Social Science, Pan African University Host Institute: Yaoundé II-Soa, Cameroun
2 MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
3 MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Trade liberalization is one of the greatest challenges facing environmental sustainability in Uganda. However, this seems to be far from reality because there are indications that trade liberalization as in a number of aspects failed to achieve the desired outcome as there are negative impacts on developing countries. The study was carried out to determine how trade liberalization and environment relate and how they can be mutually supportive with the aim to enhance the existing knowledge and even widen the understanding while developing trade policies to undertake appropriate measures that can enhance environmental sustainability. The researchers employed quantitative method of data collection. The secondary data was obtained through extensive literature review of documents. The results of the study show the need to lobby for more environmental friendly technologies, holding actors and stakeholders responsible for their dubious actions and promote incentives for proper hazardous waste management. The report underlines that to balance the trade policies; environmental standards will require a coordinated public private partnership and multilateral cooperation.
Author Keywords: Trade liberalization, environment, foreign investment, waste management, policies, international trade, globalization.
Beatrice Atim Alupo1, Opoku Maxwell Peprah2, and Eric Badu3
1 Institute of Governance Humanities and Social Science, Pan African University Host Institute: Yaoundé II-Soa, Cameroun
2 MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
3 MSc Disability, Rehabilitation and Development, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Trade liberalization is one of the greatest challenges facing environmental sustainability in Uganda. However, this seems to be far from reality because there are indications that trade liberalization as in a number of aspects failed to achieve the desired outcome as there are negative impacts on developing countries. The study was carried out to determine how trade liberalization and environment relate and how they can be mutually supportive with the aim to enhance the existing knowledge and even widen the understanding while developing trade policies to undertake appropriate measures that can enhance environmental sustainability. The researchers employed quantitative method of data collection. The secondary data was obtained through extensive literature review of documents. The results of the study show the need to lobby for more environmental friendly technologies, holding actors and stakeholders responsible for their dubious actions and promote incentives for proper hazardous waste management. The report underlines that to balance the trade policies; environmental standards will require a coordinated public private partnership and multilateral cooperation.
Author Keywords: Trade liberalization, environment, foreign investment, waste management, policies, international trade, globalization.
How to Cite this Article
Beatrice Atim Alupo, Opoku Maxwell Peprah, and Eric Badu, “Trade liberalization and the environment: an analysis of hazardous waste in Kampala Central Division of Uganda,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 11–17, September 2015.
