Overcoming Poverty: Accounting for Stagnation and Upward Mobility in Central Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSsempebwa, Jude
dc.contributor.authorKasoma, Abisagi Ndagire
dc.contributor.authorKule, Abraham
dc.contributor.authorSsekyewa, Charles
dc.contributor.authorNnyanzi, David
dc.contributor.authorKisolo, Gelvan
dc.contributor.authorNyende, Jeremiah
dc.contributor.authorMasereka, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorNambuubi, Juliet
dc.contributor.authorOtaala, Laura
dc.contributor.authorAkello, Lucy Dora
dc.contributor.authorOdong, Moses
dc.contributor.authorOkullo, Nellie Florence
dc.contributor.authorKanyandago, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLugemwa, Peter
dc.contributor.authorOuma, Richard
dc.contributor.authorAkabwai, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-31T14:54:51Z
dc.date.available2022-08-31T14:54:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractPoverty in Uganda has been the subject of extensive scholarship and policy attention. Subsequently, several poverty alleviation programmes/ projects have been implemented in the country over the last five decades. Although successive surveys have reported notable improvements in the quality of life, there is evidence that many households are still stagnating in poverty. Why? How come the poverty alleviation programmes/ projects that are enabling some households to transit poverty are not working for the households stagnating in poverty? This study delved into these questions, taking the case of Central Uganda. The findings were that the households that are stagnating in poverty suffer from a broad syndrome of disadvantage, which affects their capacity to transit from poverty. However, it was also found that, despite their indisputable challenges, many of them are stagnating in poverty because they don’t feel that they are poor. Differences were noted between their view of poverty and the traditional view of poverty (by which they are characterized as poor). It was concluded that poverty alleviation programs/ projects have not transformed them because the interventions delivered under the programmes/ projects are based on the traditional view of poverty. Thus, it is recommended that those designing/ implementing these programs/ projects synchronize their view of poverty with the views of the poor whose poverty they are working to alleviate.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsempebwa, J., Ndagire, A. K., Kule, A., Ssekyewa, C., Nnyanzi, D., Kisolo, G., ... & Akabwai, S. (2012). Overcoming Poverty: Accounting for Stagnation and Upward Mobility in Central Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2225-5656
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4495
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Researcheren_US
dc.subjectPoverty alleviation; Participatory appraisal; Sustainable developmenten_US
dc.titleOvercoming Poverty: Accounting for Stagnation and Upward Mobility in Central Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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