Uganda

Abstract

Uganda has seen impressive economic growth and substantial poverty reductions over the past few decades. However, recent research relying on non-monetary wealth indicators suggests much more modest progress and hence higher current levels of poverty. We argue that an outdated poverty line that does not take into consideration the spatial variation of diets in Uganda can explain much of the paradox. In this chapter, we document how we estimate a new set of utility-consistent poverty lines for Uganda using the Uganda National Household Survey of 2012/13 and use these updated poverty lines to calculate poverty. We find poverty levels to be higher and much more in line with what other studies suggest.

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