Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda

Robust poverty reduction in Uganda was disrupted by episodes of shocks during recent years. This paper estimates vulnerability to poverty in Uganda and explores the sources and main correlates of vulnerability using the most recent Uganda National...

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Main Authors:	Atamanov, Aziz, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Ssennono, Vincent Fred
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:	QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION POVERTY AND EQUITY POVERTY REDUCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453504182233549/IDU09d67fbbb087910490c0a09101e9e0b9e3eb0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37318

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spelling	okr-10986-373182022-04-20T05:10:38Z Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda Atamanov, Aziz Mukiza, Chris Ndatira Ssennono, Vincent Fred QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION POVERTY AND EQUITY POVERTY REDUCTION Robust poverty reduction in Uganda was disrupted by episodes of shocks during recent years. This paper estimates vulnerability to poverty in Uganda and explores the sources and main correlates of vulnerability using the most recent Uganda National Household Survey 2019/20. The analysis reveals that about 50 percent of population in Uganda is vulnerable to poverty. Vulnerability rates are much higher than poverty in rural areas. Urban vulnerability is predominantly risk induced (high volatility of consumption) and mostly associated with idiosyncratic rather than covariate shocks. Rural vulnerability is equally split between risk-induced and poverty-induced vulnerability (permanently low consumption). Although in absolute terms vulnerability due to covariate shocks is still lower than vulnerability due to idiosyncratic shocks, in relative terms covariate shocks are more important in rural areas. Education is found to be one of the key variables related to lower vulnerability to poverty. 2022-04-19T17:11:29Z 2022-04-19T17:11:29Z 2022-04-18 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453504182233549/IDU09d67fbbb087910490c0a09101e9e0b9e3eb0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37318 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Uganda
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spellingShingle	QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICE EDUCATION POVERTY AND EQUITY POVERTY REDUCTION Atamanov, Aziz Mukiza, Chris Ndatira Ssennono, Vincent Fred Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
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description	Robust poverty reduction in Uganda was disrupted by episodes of shocks during recent years. This paper estimates vulnerability to poverty in Uganda and explores the sources and main correlates of vulnerability using the most recent Uganda National Household Survey 2019/20. The analysis reveals that about 50 percent of population in Uganda is vulnerable to poverty. Vulnerability rates are much higher than poverty in rural areas. Urban vulnerability is predominantly risk induced (high volatility of consumption) and mostly associated with idiosyncratic rather than covariate shocks. Rural vulnerability is equally split between risk-induced and poverty-induced vulnerability (permanently low consumption). Although in absolute terms vulnerability due to covariate shocks is still lower than vulnerability due to idiosyncratic shocks, in relative terms covariate shocks are more important in rural areas. Education is found to be one of the key variables related to lower vulnerability to poverty.
format	Working Paper
author	Atamanov, Aziz Mukiza, Chris Ndatira Ssennono, Vincent Fred
author_facet	Atamanov, Aziz Mukiza, Chris Ndatira Ssennono, Vincent Fred
author_sort	Atamanov, Aziz
title	Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
title_short	Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
title_full	Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
title_fullStr	Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda
title_sort	quantifying vulnerability to poverty in uganda
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453504182233549/IDU09d67fbbb087910490c0a09101e9e0b9e3eb0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37318
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Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in Uganda

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