Nature, Distribution and Evolution of Poverty & Inequality in Uganda

ContentsPageForeword 3Acknowledgements 4Chapter 1 Introduction 5Chapter 2 Concepts, methods and data 112.1 Monetary indicators of well-being and poverty lines 112.2 Poverty incidence or headcount index 122.3 Poverty density measure 142.4 Poverty gap measure 162.5 The inequality measure, Gini coefficient 182.6 Poverty mapping methodology and the data 20Chapter 3 Distribution and evolution of poverty and inequalityin 1992–2002 233.1 Poverty and inequality in Uganda in 2002 233.2 Poverty in rural and urban areas, 2002 243.3 Summary of poverty estimates by region, 2002 263.4 Changes in poverty in 1992–2002: Key results 47Chapter 4 Mapping Various Dimensions of Poverty 554.1 Comparing Expenditure-based metrics of Poverty witha Qualitative Measure Deprivation 554.2 Comparing Expenditure-based metrics of Poverty andunsafe Drinking Water sources 61References 67Appendix 1 Expenditure-based small area estimation 69Tablesa) Uganda Rural Poverty Rates by Sub-county 2002 72b) Uganda Urban Poverty Rates by Sub-county 2002 90c) Uganda Rural changes in Poverty, 1999 - 2002 94d) Uganda Urban changes in Poverty, 1999 - 2002 972 Nature, distribution and evolution of poverty and inequality in Uganda, 1992 - 2002