Uganda Poverty Assessment Overview: Strengthening Resilience to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Uganda

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/39855

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Uganda Poverty Assessment Overview: Strengthening Resilience to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Uganda

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-01T18:59:51Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-01T18:59:51Z
dc.date.issued	2023-06-01
dc.description.abstract	The share of Uganda’s population that lives below the poverty line has fluctuated over the last seven years, greatly influenced by shocks that have tested the resilience of the people. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed both urban and rural residents into poverty. Inequality, which reflects the extent to which different population groups benefit from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, and affects the transmission of growth into poverty reduction, remained largely unchanged over this period and may even have worsened in urban areas. The findings of this report show that previously identified patterns and drivers of Uganda’s poverty changes persisted well into 2020 – shaped by low productivity and high vulnerability. Identified inequality of economic opportunities and unequal accumulation of the human capital could hold back structural change in employment. Accelerating poverty reduction in such a setting requires a two-pronged strategy. While at the macroeconomic level, policies addressing growth fundamentals are important for reducing poverty, from a microeconomic perspective, the report’s analysis shows that two strategies will be crucial. The first strategy is to lift the productivity and incomes of poor households in both rural and urban areas. While tackling agricultural productivity and job creation are at the top of the agenda here, making mobile phone services more widely accessible and affordable is a potential opportunity. The second strategy is to strengthen people’s resilience to shocks, particularly in rural areas. To have an impact, policies in both these areas will have to address the inequality in opportunities analyzed in the report. This document provides an overview of key report findings and identifies priority actions.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099050423103013377/P17761616c900fff1932314a941827213d45348faabc
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/39855
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39855
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	LIMITED SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
dc.title	Uganda Poverty Assessment Overview: Strengthening Resilience to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Uganda	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Uganda Poverty Assessment Overview: Strengthening Resilience to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Uganda
okr.date.disclosure	2023-06-01
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-05-04T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Poverty Assessment
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099050423103013377/P17761616c900fff1932314a941827213d45348faabc
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okr.identifier.docmid	P177616-6c900fff-9323-4a94-8272-3d45348faabc
okr.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/39855
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34056856
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	34056856
okr.identifier.report	181921
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099050423103013377/pdf/P17761616c900fff1932314a941827213d45348faabc.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Eastern and Southern Africa
okr.region.country	Uganda
okr.sector	Social Protection
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unit	EFI-AFR1-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAEPV)