Poverty maps are a useful tool for the targeting of social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty …. However, a static focus on poverty ignores the temporal dimension of poverty. Thus, current nonpoor households still face … substantial welfare volatility and are at risk of becoming poor in the face of shocks. We combine the methods of poverty mapping …

This paper studies the effect of rolling out mobile money agents in rural Northern Uganda. In a randomized experiment … finds no effect on savings, agricultural outcomes, or poverty. Overall, the findings add new evidence that mobile money can …

transfers, indirect subsidies, and in-kind transfers) on the level of poverty and inequality in Uganda, using the …-kind transfers, are the biggest contributors to reducing inequality. Although equalizing, fiscal policy is poverty-inducing in Uganda … internationally recognized methodology developed by the Commitment to Equity institute. The results show that Uganda's fiscal policy …