Uganda and Poverty
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Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- Case studies from Czech Republic and Uganda explore the contribution development of rural tourism in relation to poverty reduction
- J. Holland; L. Burian; L. Dixey / Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003
- The purpose of this paper is to explore strategies for expanding tourism in poor rural areas. It draws on an overview of the likely challenges and motivations involved in promoting rural tourism, and on two new case studies from the C...
- How public expenditure management has been linked to poverty reduction policy goals
- M. Foster; A. Fozzard; F. Naschold; T. Conway / Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- Summary produced by the Governance Resource Centre. It has become a part of the conventional wisdom of development policy that poverty reduction is one of the main development objectives. What are the key factors influencing th...
- How do sector wide approaches tackle poverty reduction objectives in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia?
- M. Foster; S. Mackintosh-Walker / Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, ODI, 2001
- Improving the access to services by poor and marginal groups is a strong or central objective of most of the sector wide programmes reviewed in this working paper. The purpose of this paper, produced by the Overseas Development Instit...
- After 3 years what progress, if any, has the PRS made?
- K. Warnock; N van der Gaag; M. Sentamu-Masagazi ; B. Mugambe; N. P Selinyane; M Mokati; A. Mulugeta / Panos Institute, London, 2002
- For over 70 countries producing a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), approved by the World Bank and IMF, is either a condition for getting debt relief, or a condition for receiving concessional loans and some aid. This Panos rep...
- Will reforming and privatizing agricultural extension services meet the needs of the poor?
- J. Farrington; I. Christoplos; Andrew Kidd; M. Beckman / Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extens...
- Do the New IMF and World Bank loans support countries’ poverty reduction strategies?
- W. Nyamugasira; R. Rowden / Bretton Woods Project, 2002
- Based on secondary materials and interviews with leading officials within the Government of Uganda, bi-lateral and multi-lateral institutions and civil society organizations in Uganda and Washington DC over 2001, this study presents e...
- Educated households in Uganda acheive better growth in living standards
- S. Appleton / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002
- Looks at the relationship between poverty and education in Uganda in the 1990s. It shows how growth in living standards and poverty reduction during that period was fastest for more educated households. Income growth at the hou...
- What factors shape the priority given to poverty by government?
- P. Mijumbi / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2001
- This paper focuses on Uganda and is aimed at understanding the factors influencing the priority given to poverty within the budget process, and the effectiveness with which it is addressed. The paper summarises the development ...
- How to achieve participation in the growth process by the poor
- J. A. Okidi / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2001
- This paper highlights the poverty orientation and impact of the various policies and programs that have been adopted and implemented in Uganda in recent years. It provides an overview of the main causes of poverty, and presents some m...
- Pro-Poor conditionality for aid and debt relief in East Africa
- O. Morrissey / WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
- This paper considers how the conditionality inherent in HIPC debt relief should be constituted to promote pro-poor policies. The paper argues that: the elements of debt relief conditionality should be tailored to...
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