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 Conference paper |
 Leiden University catalogue |
| Title: | Assessment of poverty reduction strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda |
| Author: | Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 97 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Addis Ababa |
| Publisher: | Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) |
| ISBN: | 9994455176; 9789994455171 |
| Geographic term: | Uganda |
| Subjects: | poverty reduction economic aid evaluation conference papers (form) 2006 |
| Abstract: | Most developing countries have produced Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in order to qualify for the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative and to access loans from international financial institutions. Uganda's equivalent for the PRSP is the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). This collective volume assessing PEAP in Uganda presents three papers on this country from a conference on 'Assessment of poverty reduction strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: the cases of Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia', which was held from February 28 to March 1, 2006, in Nairobi, Kenya. Godfrey Bahiigwa reviews the evolution of Uganda's poverty reduction strategies, bringing into question the government's political commitment to the PEAP/PRSP. Kenneth Mugambe assesses Uganda's 1997, 2001 and, particularly, 2004 PEAPs, concluding that PEAP 2004 has come a long way in terms of content and preparation process and is clearly superior to its predecessors, but also has certain weaknesses. Richard Ssewakiryanga focuses on the process around the birth, implementation and revision of Uganda's PEAP, exploring the challenges PEAP is facing, especially because of the limitations that emanate from the neopatrimonial nature of the State in Uganda. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
