Uganda and Poverty
- Capital:
Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- Improving the efficiency of targeting poor in Uganda by allowing potential beneficiaries to appeal
- N. Houssou; M. Zeller; J. Johannsen / AgEcon Search, 2010
- Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the perfor...
- Combining social protection approaches to better address the key features of adaptive capacity
- L. Jones; S. Jaspars; S. Pavanello / Overseas Development Institute, 2010
- How can humanitarian and development approaches help enhance communities’ capacity to adapt to a changing climate? This paper explores how interventions associated with disaster risk reduction (DRR), social protection (SP) and l...
- Making politics work to reduce extreme forms of poverty
- Sam Hickey / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- There is a growing recognition of the importance of politics in shaping poverty reduction efforts in developing countries. But current development thinking and practice may be failing the poorest groups. What forms of politics lead to...
- How to create pension systems in a region where so many are still in the informal sector
- F. Stewart; J. Yermo / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements...
- Winners and losers: timber management in Uganda's Budongo Forest Reserve
- F. Muhumuza; S. Kutegeka; A. Wolimbwa / Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, Uganda, 2008
- With the increased economic value of its natural resources, Uganda has recently increased public investment in its forestry sector. For instance, both the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) and the Environment and Natural Resource...
- Understanding the motivations of giving: a social preference experiment in Europe and Africa
- A. Cappelen; K. Moene; E. Sorensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- While poverty-focused campaigns such as the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals argue their case in terms of charity, others, including fair trade initiatives, attempt to appeal to people’s sense of ...
- Do social origins determine income earnings in Africa? Evidence from five countries
- D. Cogneau; S. Mesple-Somps / Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2008
- Apart from South Africa, which is still recovering from decades of apartheid rule, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa is not generally considered to be a region marked by high inequality. Poor data availability has further hampered the st...
- How to choose a vocation based on market demand – a guide for youth
- K. Bidwell; C. Galbraith; L. Haddad / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- Vocational training is at the intersection of economic recovery, education and rehabilitation and reintegration. It is uniquely positioned to meet the demands of youth and broader goals of economic reconstruction in post-conflict area...
- Implicating the poor in Uganda’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan
- R. Ssewakiryange / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005
- Uganda’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) incorporates poor people’s voices and perspectives. This paper focuses on the lessons learnt in the implementation of the PEAP by using examples from the Ugandan participator...
- Resistance to decentralisation in Uganda
- S Steiner / German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2006
- It is often claimed that decentralisation is effective for the reduction of poverty due to inherent opportunities for higher popular participation and increased efficiency in public service delivery. However, based on a qualitative as...
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