Free Access | June 2021

Growth and poverty reduction in Uganda 1992-2000: Panel data evidence

Authors/Editors: John A. Okidi ,  Klaus Deininger

Abstract:

Abstract: Te explore actors undenying growth and poverty reduction in Africa, as we use micro level evidence from Uganda spanning the 1992-2000 period. Policy variables such as prices for agricultural exports, access to public goods such as health care, electricity, and infrastructure, as well as initial endowments of physical and human capital are found most important for growth and poverty reduction. Simulations confim that policies to confront widening regional disparity are feasible but will require a sustained effort.