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Lessons from Uganda on Strategies to Fight Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorMackinnon, John
dc.contributor.authorReinikka, Ritva
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T18:02:59Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T18:02:59Z
dc.date.issued2000-09
dc.description.abstractCountries receiving debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative will be among the first to benefit from the new World Bank -- International Monetary Fund approach to strengthening the impact on poverty of concessional assistance in low-income countries. The new approach features a more inclusive and participatory process for helping recipient countries develop poverty reduction strategies. From these strategies, joint Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) will bring together the country's own priorities and Bank-Fund assistance to the country. In Uganda, such a strategy has existed for several years. Uganda was one of the first low-income countries to prepare a comprehensive national strategy for poverty reduction using a participatory approach. Indeed, its experience contributed substantially to the design of the PRSPs. Uganda's top leadership is heavily committed to poverty reduction. Formulation of Uganda's Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) in 1996-97 was the executive branch's effort to make that commitment and vision operational. The authors draw lessons from the drafting of Uganda's PEAP. First, the plan made extensive use of existing data and research about Uganda to refocus a range of public policies and interventions relevant to poverty reduction. Second, the government's approach was highly participatory, with central and local governments, the donor community, nongovernmental organizations and civil society, and academics invited to contribute. Third, the government was quick to translate the plan into its budget and medium-term spending framework. Public expenditures on basic services were significantly increased after adoption of the PEAP in 1997. The authors discuss the general characteristics of a poverty reduction action plan, drawing on Uganda's experience; discuss what is known about poverty in Uganda and identify shortcomings in the data; examine the macroeconomic and fiscal policies that were considered most important to poverty reduction during the participatory process; discuss the delivery of public services, especially those that directly affect the poor; and highlight problems associated with land issues, including problems with access to credit and financial services and with the security of productive assets.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2440
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21352
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2440
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectabsolute poverty
dc.subjectabsolute terms
dc.subjectadjustment policies
dc.subjectagricultural exports
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectagricultural trade
dc.subjectassessing poverty
dc.subjectbudgetary commitments
dc.subjectcapital goods
dc.subjectcivic education
dc.subjectcivil society
dc.subjectclinics
dc.subjectcommercial banks
dc.subjectcommodities
dc.subjectCPI
dc.subjectdebt
dc.subjectdebt relief
dc.subjectdevelopment indicators
dc.subjectDevelopment Research
dc.subjectdistributional pattern
dc.subjectdonor agencies
dc.subjectdonor community
dc.subjecteconomic analysis
dc.subjecteconomic consequences
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjecteconomic reform
dc.subjecteconomic reforms
dc.subjecteconomic sectors
dc.subjecteconomic structure
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectequilibrium
dc.subjectEradication Action Plan
dc.subjectexchange rate
dc.subjectexpenditure data
dc.subjectexport taxes
dc.subjectfinancial assets
dc.subjectfinancial liberalization
dc.subjectfinancial services
dc.subjectfiscal policies
dc.subjectfish
dc.subjectforeign exchange
dc.subjectgender inequality
dc.subjectGini coefficient
dc.subjectgrowth rate
dc.subjectgrowth rates
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjectHealth Survey
dc.subjecthealth workers
dc.subjecthigh growth
dc.subjecthigh inflation
dc.subjecthome-produced food
dc.subjecthousehold behavior
dc.subjecthousehold income
dc.subjecthousehold level
dc.subjecthousehold survey
dc.subjecthuman development
dc.subjectImport liberalization
dc.subjectincome countries
dc.subjectincome growth
dc.subjectincome taxes
dc.subjectInfant mortality
dc.subjectinflation
dc.subjectinput use
dc.subjectinstitutional reforms
dc.subjectlabor market
dc.subjectLife expectancy
dc.subjectliving standards
dc.subjectLocal people
dc.subjectlong-term trends
dc.subjectlow-income countries
dc.subjectmacro stability
dc.subjectmacroeconomic policies
dc.subjectmacroeconomic policy
dc.subjectmacroeconomic stability
dc.subjectmarket power
dc.subjectmean consumption
dc.subjectmean incomes
dc.subjectmedical services
dc.subjectnongovernmental organizations
dc.subjectparticipatory approach
dc.subjectparticipatory methods
dc.subjectparticipatory poverty
dc.subjectparticipatory poverty assessment
dc.subjectper capita income
dc.subjectpolicy changes
dc.subjectpolicy objective
dc.subjectpolicy research
dc.subjectpolitical stability
dc.subjectpoor community
dc.subjectpoor countries
dc.subjectpoor households
dc.subjectpoor people
dc.subjectPoverty Eradication
dc.subjectPoverty Eradication Action Plan
dc.subjectpoverty impact
dc.subjectpoverty issues
dc.subjectpoverty line
dc.subjectpoverty profile
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.subjectpoverty reduction strategies
dc.subjectPoverty Reduction Strategy
dc.subjectpoverty trends
dc.subjectprice changes
dc.subjectprimary education
dc.subjectprivate consumption
dc.subjectproducers
dc.subjectproductive assets
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectpublic action
dc.subjectpublic enterprises
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.subjectPublic expenditures
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectPublic health services
dc.subjectpublic information
dc.subjectpublic policies
dc.subjectpublic policy
dc.subjectpublic sector
dc.subjectpublic sector management
dc.subjectpublic service
dc.subjectpublic service delivery
dc.subjectpublic services
dc.subjectpublic spending
dc.subjectquantitative analysis
dc.subjectreal exchange rate
dc.subjectreal terms
dc.subjectreducing poverty
dc.subjectreform program
dc.subjectrepresentative sample
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectrural households
dc.subjectsampling method
dc.subjectsavings
dc.subjectservice delivery
dc.subjectSocial Indicators
dc.subjectsocial sectors
dc.subjectstructural adjustment
dc.subjectTax reform
dc.subjecttax regime
dc.subjecttax system
dc.subjecttaxation
dc.subjecttertiary education
dc.subjecttrade liberalization
dc.subjectTrade policy
dc.subjecttransport infrastructure
dc.subjecturban areas
dc.subjecturban ones
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectpoverty reduction strategies
dc.subjectdebt relief
dc.subjectparticipatory methods
dc.subjectnongovernmental organizations
dc.subjectcivil society
dc.subjectaccess to credit
dc.subjectpublic service delivery
dc.subjectmacroeconomic policy
dc.subjectfiscal policy
dc.subjectparticipatory poverty assessment
dc.subjectprimary health care
dc.subjecteducation sector
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjecttransport
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectlegal services
dc.subjectland rights
dc.subjectland titles
dc.titleLessons from Uganda on Strategies to Fight Povertyen
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okr.date.disclosure2000-09-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:53:38.827077Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid965121468777962573
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2440
okr.identifier.reportWPS2440
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicPoverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.unitPublic Economics, Development Research Group
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