Uganda and Poverty
- Capital:
Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- Stable aid flows that promote farming help reduce poverty in Africa
- Paul Mosley; Abrar Suleiman / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Many African countries are highly dependent on aid. Opinions differ markedly on what makes aid effective. The policy environment in aid recipient countries has been the focus of much recent attention. But the stability and composition...
- How resources are allocated in wealth ranking exercises
- B. Kebede / Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2007
- This paper focuses on the use of information from wealth ranking exercises in conjunction with data collected from household surveys. An analytical framework was examined by using data collected from rural areas of four eastern Africa...
- Combining methodological approaches to understanding poverty dynamics
- D. Lawson; D. Hulme; J. Muwonge / ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2007
- This paper draws from ongoing research that aims to genuinely combine qualitative and quantitative (?Q-Squared?) research methodologies to understand poverty dynamics in Uganda. Using existing nationally representative panel data, the...
- Macroeconomic stability and pro-poor growth: the case of Uganda
- J. Okidi; S. Ssewanyana; L. Bategeka / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2005
- This paper provides an overview of the broad economic strategies Uganda has implemented since independence in 1962. The authors conclude that the Ugandan experience demonstrates the vital importance of macroeconomic stability in promo...
- Balancing government, donors and civil society for poverty reduction in Uganda
- Alan S. Sverrisson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Uganda has been relatively stable since 1986, when President Museveni took power. Nevertheless, the country has not fully recovered from years of conflict and economic decline, and around half of all Ugandans live in poverty. The gove...
- Promised land: a key to reducing poverty in rural Uganda
- J.H. Ainembabazi / Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007
- Rising poverty in rural Uganda is linked to increasing landlessness, as the latter drives land degradation and reduces agricultural productivity. This paper examines the complex relationship between owning land and poverty. It identif...
- More public spending on agriculture could help combat poverty
- S. Akroyd; L. Smith / Oxford Policy Management, 2007
- Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioriti...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Is domestic accountability enhanced when poverty reduction strategies (PRS) are integrated with national budgets?
- V. Wilhelm; P. Krause / World Bank, 2007
- This study examines what challenges have arisen in countries where efforts have been made to integrate poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) with national budgets. It argues that both PRSs and national budgets offer scope for enhanced d...
- Uganda’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: principles and practice
- Sudarshan Canagarajah; Arthur van Diesen / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund began promoting the Poverty Reduction Strategy approach six years ago. Their 2005 review supported the approach but highlighted the need for a renewed focus on its principles. Uganda&...
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