Beyond Income Poverty : Nonmonetary Dimensions of Poverty in Uganda

Etang, Alvin ; Tsimpo, Clarence

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: WELL-BEING;    POVERTY;    LIVING STANDARDS;    POVERTY LINE;    PHYSICAL POVERTY;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8111
RP-ID  :  WPS8111

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The proportion of Ugandan householdsliving in poverty reduced by more than half between 1993 and2013. Using household survey data, this paper analyzesnonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels andtrends, to explore whether the observed reduction inmonetary-based poverty are reflected in the nonmonetaryindicators of poverty. The results show that Uganda'sprogress in reducing poverty is strongly reflected inseveral nonmonetary indicators of poverty. The analysisfinds that the trends in many nonmonetary indicators areconsistent with the trend of monetary-based measure ofpoverty. The paper also examines whether progress has beenas fast as would be expected, given Uganda's impressiveperformance in reducing poverty. Overall, the evidenceindicates that progress on nonmonetary poverty wasconsistent with expectations, and faster than what would beexpected, for some indicators, based on othercountries' experiences. This finding is similar toUganda's progress on reducing monetary poverty, whichis also at the expected level based on experience in other countries.