Uganda - Promoting Inclusive Growth : Transforming Farms, Human Capital, and Economic Geography, Synthesis Report

Uganda - Promoting Inclusive Growth : Transforming Farms, Human Capital, and Economic Geography, Synthesis Report

At an average above 6.0 percent per year over the past two decades, Uganda' s growth rate was impressive by all standards. In parallel, poverty declined significantly, not only in urban areas, but also to some extent within the rural areas. Th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Poverty Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE INCOME AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CASH CROPS CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CHRONIC POVERTY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CROP PRODUCTION DATA ISSUES DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISADVANTAGED AREAS DIVERSIFICATION DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC PRICES DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES EXTREME POVERTY FARM INCOME FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMERS FARMING ACTIVITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR FIXED COSTS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FOOD STAPLES GDP GINI INDEX GLOBAL CONDITIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH FRONT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEAD COUNT INDEX HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCREASING INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INEQUALITY LEVELS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IRRIGATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND REFORMS LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS MEASURING POVERTY MEDIUM TERM NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NDP NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NONFARM INCOME OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEAD POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL COORDINATION REGIONAL DEMAND REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL LOGISTICS REGIONAL TRANSPORT RELATIVE PRICES RISING DEMAND RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL FINANCE RURAL ROADS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SMALL FARMERS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPATIAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION PROCESS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH URBAN POVERTY URBAN WORKERS VETERINARY SERVICES WAGES WAR WELFARE MEASURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16489182/uganda-promoting-inclusive-growth-transforming-farms-human-capital-economic-geography-synthesis-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12655

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Summary:	At an average above 6.0 percent per year over the past two decades, Uganda' s growth rate was impressive by all standards. In parallel, poverty declined significantly, not only in urban areas, but also to some extent within the rural areas. This combination was possible because the key drivers of growth were labor-intensive services sectors, some of which are agriculture based. In fact, Uganda's growth process has reduced overall poverty faster than what has been observed in many other developing countries. This report addresses the issue from a double perspective: sectoral and geographical. From a sectoral perspective, it concludes that the agricultural sector needs transformation because it remains the primary employer; it is the country's main comparative advantage and bedrock for industrialization. More broadly, identifying sectors with potential will be important for employment opportunities, which in turn will be largely dependent on productivity levels and thus on the level of education and skills of the labor force. From a geographical perspective, transformation generally yields a concentration of economic activities that leaves some locations lagging in prosperity. This unbalanced growth needs to be supported with appropriate economic integration policies that have been analyzed in the report.

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