estimates the association between changes in the share of working-age population with per capita growth, savings, and poverty … reduce poverty. This paper describes the main mechanisms through which demographic change may affect economic outcomes, and … gross domestic product per capita growth by more than one percentage point, with similarly positive effects on savings and …

This paper studies how self-help groups?village-based organizations designed to encourage savings, household production …. The study finds that the program encouraged savings and associations via self-help groups. However it did not improve …

This paper studies how self-help groups?village-based organizations designed to encourage savings, household production …. The study finds that the program encouraged savings and associations via self-help groups. However it did not improve …

survey data, this paper analyzes nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels and trends, to explore whether the … Uganda's progress in reducing poverty is strongly reflected in several nonmonetary indicators of poverty. The analysis finds … Uganda's progress on reducing monetary poverty, which is also at the expected level based on experience in other countries …

consumption poverty. The analysis finds that poor households in Uganda tend to be net buyers of food staples, and therefore suffer … indicated that the adverse effects of higher food prices in Uganda were likely to be small because of the diversity of its … foods. The paper estimates that both the incidence and depth of poverty have increased -- at least in the short run -- as a …

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 …

This paper examines the relationship between spatial and economic mobility in Uganda using longitudinal data from 2005 …