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Uganda: No More Pro-poor Growth?
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Abstract This article explores changing growth regimes in Uganda, from pro-poor growth in the 1990s to growth without poverty reduction, actually even with a slight increase in poverty, after 2000. Not surprisingly, it finds that good agricultural performance is the key determinant of direct pro-poor growth ... view more
This article explores changing growth regimes in Uganda, from pro-poor growth in the 1990s to growth without poverty reduction, actually even with a slight increase in poverty, after 2000. Not surprisingly, it finds that good agricultural performance is the key determinant of direct pro-poor growth in the 1990s, while lower agricultural growth is the root cause of the recent increase in poverty. At the same time, after 2000 low agricultural growth appears to have induced important employment shifts out of agriculture, which have dampened the increase in poverty. The article also assesses the indirect form of pro-poor growth by analysing the incidence of public spending and the tax system, and finds that indirect pro-poor growth has been achieved to only a limited extent.... view less
Keywords
Uganda; economic development (on national level); poverty; income distribution; household income; agriculture; consumption; economic policy; growth; East Africa
Classification
National Economy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 27-53
Journal
Development Policy Review, 23 (2005) 1
ISSN
1467-7679
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed