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Determinants of change in house-hold level of consumption and poverty in Uganda, 1992/93 - 1999/00

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  • Benin, Samuel
  • Mugarura, Samuel

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Recent estimates showing increase in the incidence of poverty in Uganda has kindled interest in understanding the factors that cause changes in poverty, as the reversal of the positive trend in the 1990s threatens the government’s poverty eradication plan of reducing poverty to a level below 28% by 2014. Using a household and community panel dataset, this paper analyzes the factors contributing to change in household-level consumption and poverty.

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  • Benin, Samuel & Mugarura, Samuel, 2005. "Determinants of change in house-hold level of consumption and poverty in Uganda, 1992/93 - 1999/00," DSGD Discussion Papers 55407, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:dsgddp:55407
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55407
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