Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture]
Uganda is often heralded as an African success story. The country re-established political stability after the civil wars following Idi Amin’s overthrow and subsequently experienced strong economic growth during the 1990s. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew rapidly at almost 4 percent annually in...
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| author | Benin, Samuel Thurlow, James Diao, Xinshen Kebba, Allen Ofwono, Nelson |
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| description | Uganda is often heralded as an African success story. The country re-established political stability after the civil wars following Idi Amin’s overthrow and subsequently experienced strong economic growth during the 1990s. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew rapidly at almost 4 percent annually in per capita terms during 1993–2000 (Uganda, BOS 2008a). At least part of this rapid growth was due to a program of economic reforms, although the implications of these reforms were not universally positive (see, for example, Dijkstra and Van Donge 2001). Economic growth during the 1990s was also broadly based, with per capita agricultural GDP rising by about 1.5 percent per year, driven by both food and traditional export crops. Economywide growth greatly reduced poverty in both rural and urban areas (Uganda, BOS 2008b). Moreover, poverty rates fell fast enough to offset high population growth, and by 2000 there were almost three million fewer people living below the poverty line than in 1993. Agricultural growth thus played a key role during Uganda’s successful recovery period by fostering broad-based growth and poverty reduction (Kappel, Lay, and Steiner 2005). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1539662025-11-06T04:12:14Z Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] Benin, Samuel Thurlow, James Diao, Xinshen Kebba, Allen Ofwono, Nelson economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Uganda is often heralded as an African success story. The country re-established political stability after the civil wars following Idi Amin’s overthrow and subsequently experienced strong economic growth during the 1990s. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew rapidly at almost 4 percent annually in per capita terms during 1993–2000 (Uganda, BOS 2008a). At least part of this rapid growth was due to a program of economic reforms, although the implications of these reforms were not universally positive (see, for example, Dijkstra and Van Donge 2001). Economic growth during the 1990s was also broadly based, with per capita agricultural GDP rising by about 1.5 percent per year, driven by both food and traditional export crops. Economywide growth greatly reduced poverty in both rural and urban areas (Uganda, BOS 2008b). Moreover, poverty rates fell fast enough to offset high population growth, and by 2000 there were almost three million fewer people living below the poverty line than in 1993. Agricultural growth thus played a key role during Uganda’s successful recovery period by fostering broad-based growth and poverty reduction (Kappel, Lay, and Steiner 2005). 2012 2024-10-01T13:58:39Z 2024-10-01T13:58:39Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153966 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benin, Samuel; Thurlow, James; Diao, Xinshen; Kebba, Allen; Ofwono, Nelson 2012. Uganda. In Strategies and priorities for African agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies, ed. Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, and Shenggen Fan. Chapter 10. Pg. 281-316. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153966 |
| spellingShingle | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure Benin, Samuel Thurlow, James Diao, Xinshen Kebba, Allen Ofwono, Nelson Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title | Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full | Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_fullStr | Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_short | Uganda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] |
| title_sort | uganda in strategies and priorities for african agriculture |
| topic | economic growth agriculture agricultural sector farming poverty livestock rural development public investment agricultural growth public expenditure |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153966 |
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