Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?

Uganda had one of the best poverty reduction performances in the world since 1992, a result of a subtle structural transformation of household livelihood portfolios, rooted in strong growth of private wage and salary employment and non-farm household enterprises, and increased agricultural productiv...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	Uganda Poverty Poverty reduction Wage employment Household livelihood portfolio Growth Inequality Spatial inequality Public investment Private investment Welfare improvement Diversification Non-farm Household enterprise Local economic development Education Educational endowments
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/793331468114257477/Poverty-trends-in-Uganda-who-gained-and-who-was-left-behind http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26712

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spelling	okr-10986-267122021-04-23T14:04:37Z Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind? World Bank Uganda Poverty Poverty reduction Wage employment Household livelihood portfolio Growth Inequality Spatial inequality Public investment Private investment Welfare improvement Diversification Non-farm Household enterprise Local economic development Education Educational endowments Uganda had one of the best poverty reduction performances in the world since 1992, a result of a subtle structural transformation of household livelihood portfolios, rooted in strong growth of private wage and salary employment and non-farm household enterprises, and increased agricultural productivity among agricultural households. But depth and character of growth was not the same across Uganda. This triggered rising inequality throughout the country (within and between rural and urban and all regions) resulted in many households in the North and the East being left behind while the center pulled away. The evolution of spatial inequality is tightly linked to spatial differences in public and private investments, particularly in education - a legacy of inadequate public investments and conflict in the lagging regions. Addressing this inequality in growth is Uganda's shared growth challenge. 2017-05-23T14:51:14Z 2017-05-23T14:51:14Z 2012-06 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/793331468114257477/Poverty-trends-in-Uganda-who-gained-and-who-was-left-behind http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26712 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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topic	Uganda Poverty Poverty reduction Wage employment Household livelihood portfolio Growth Inequality Spatial inequality Public investment Private investment Welfare improvement Diversification Non-farm Household enterprise Local economic development Education Educational endowments
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description	Uganda had one of the best poverty reduction performances in the world since 1992, a result of a subtle structural transformation of household livelihood portfolios, rooted in strong growth of private wage and salary employment and non-farm household enterprises, and increased agricultural productivity among agricultural households. But depth and character of growth was not the same across Uganda. This triggered rising inequality throughout the country (within and between rural and urban and all regions) resulted in many households in the North and the East being left behind while the center pulled away. The evolution of spatial inequality is tightly linked to spatial differences in public and private investments, particularly in education - a legacy of inadequate public investments and conflict in the lagging regions. Addressing this inequality in growth is Uganda's shared growth challenge.
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title	Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?
title_short	Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?
title_full	Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?
title_fullStr	Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?
title_full_unstemmed	Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?
title_sort	poverty trends in uganda : who gained and who was left behind?
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publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/793331468114257477/Poverty-trends-in-Uganda-who-gained-and-who-was-left-behind http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26712
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Poverty Trends in Uganda : Who Gained and Who Was Left Behind?

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