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Title: | Poverty eradication dilemma: understanding poverty dynamics in Nebbi District, Uganda |
Author: | Lakwo, Alfred |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907) |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 117-140 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Uganda East Africa |
Subjects: | poverty research methods Economics, Commerce Nebbi District (Uganda)--Economic conditions |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24484658 |
Abstract: | This paper addresses a current methodological gap in poverty measurement, which stems from acknowledging the multidimensionality of poverty, on the one hand, and using an income/consumption measurement of poverty as the norm, on the other. The current income-based measure of poverty presents only part of measuring poverty status as a whole. The consumption basket is wrongly taken by those of economic inclination to wholly represent the entire, even nonmonetary valued, range of poverty. The paper approaches this dilemma through the example of the Agency for Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD), a local NGO currently operating in Nebbi District, Uganda. AFARD's main activities are embedded in capacity-building of 'poor' marginalized communities to realize sustainable livelihoods. However, lack of clarity as to who the poor are or what poverty is presented AFARD with a dilemma as to how to account to its stakeholders. The paper uses a participatory and community-driven approach, where the subjective views of people are used to define and categorize the poor, contrary to the poverty line approach. Such categorization was based on the perceived wellness of life and what made/denied wellness. A survey follows to explore the quantitative scope of poverty. This participatory, qualitative and quantitative mix of method, it is argued, provides for ascertaining organizational accountability in terms of the relevance of programme targeting and outreach as well as performance measurement over time. The method can also be used to deepen current participatory poverty assessments that simply stop at defining and identifying poverty causes, effects and solutions. App., bibliogr., notes, sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |