five sets of constraints that may hinder the adoption and effective usage of savings products and services by the poor …

nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in … integrate various strands of literature on status effects. -- inequality ; inter-temporal consumer choice ; utility ; poverty …

Official poverty figures in Uganda are flawed by the fact that the underlying poverty lines are based on a single … poverty lines, we then look at poverty dynamics using four waves of the Uganda National Panel Survey. We classify households … national food basket that was constructed in the early 1990s. In this paper, we estimate a new set of poverty lines that …

paper uses the UGAMOD microsimulation model to establish the tax incidence and welfare impact of excise duty in Uganda. The … overall change in income inequality or poverty. It concludes that UGAMOD is a useful tool for tax policy makers to evaluate …

the effects of four UBI schemes on poverty and inequality measures during normal times and times of crisis in Uganda and … benefit leads to higher poverty and inequality compared to existing benefits. By contrast, in Uganda, a country with only one … notable social protection programme, all UBI scenarios reduce poverty and inequality. Differences between welfare estimates …

dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and … greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist" approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment …

Uganda has seen impressive economic growth and substantial poverty reductions over the past few decades. Today … poverty line that does not take into consideration the spatial variation of diets in Uganda could explain the divergence. In … this paper, we document how we estimate a new set of utility consistent poverty lines for Uganda using the Uganda National …

of urbanization in Uganda and what this means for urban policy planning and poverty reduction in the country. Although … marginalization of city residents. -- transitions ; urbanization ; planning ; poverty ; Uganda … the history of urbanization in Uganda is relatively young compared to other East African countries, the rate of urban …

provides elderly assistance and is a source of savings for long-term investment. The pension systems in SSA, however, are …