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Modernization, Poverty Eradication, and the Process of Social Transformation in Uganda

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To eradicate poverty, pro-market policies were implemented in Uganda. This article reveals that the policies did not improve the welfare of peasants. Instead, the peasants were made to depend on the market as a result of the harsh environment created that compelled them to increasingly abandon self-provisioning farming. Consequently, the people are increasingly faced with food shortages and the number of children dying of malnutrition is on the rise while land seizures are taking place. JEL Classification: Q02, Q11, Q15

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  • Ndinawe Byekwaso, 2019. "Modernization, Poverty Eradication, and the Process of Social Transformation in Uganda," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 51(2), pages 265-281, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:51:y:2019:i:2:p:265-281
    DOI: 10.1177/0486613417738671
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    • Q02 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Commodity Market
    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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