CPRC Partners

CPRC's work in Uganda has been led by Development Research and Training (DRT) and the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC). They have been influential in shaping government policy and active in engaging researchers, civil society and policy makers around poverty reduction.

Research

CPRC work in Uganda has focused on enhancing the pro-poorest focus of government policy. Research has aimed to improve services for the very poor in conflict-affected areas; assure women’s land rights, accelerate the implementation of a national school feeding programme and widen access to post-primary education for the very poor.

The 2005 report Chronic Poverty in Uganda: The Policy Challenges, presents the research and policy anaysis in Uganda, and proved to be a successful policy tool in placing chronic poverty firmly on the agenda. A second 2011 report, Chronic Poverty in Uganda: Is Anyone Listening?, includes panel data research and deepens policy analysis in Uganda.

CPRC Uganda has led an East Africa-wide initiative on chronic poverty and social protection, to inform the social and economic policy framework of the East African Community (EAC). This work included the Social Protection for the Poorest in Africa - Learning from Experience conference on 8-10 September 2008. A feasibility study for a social transfer pilot programme designed for the Government of Uganda has been adopted and being rolled out.  

CPRC Uganda has developed good working relationships with key institutions, including the Ministry of East African Affairs in Uganda, which has facilitated discussions around creating a regional initiative on chronic poverty.

Key resources

Chronic poverty in Uganda

• Chronic Poverty in Uganda: Is Anyone Listening?
  ^{Chronic poverty report}
• Chronic Poverty in Uganda - The Policy Challenges
  ^{Chronic poverty report}
• The Politics of Staying Poor in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Working paper 37}
• Drinking into deeper poverty: the new frontier for chronic poverty in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Uganda Policy Brief}
• Governing chronic poverty under inclusive liberalism: the case of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund
  ^{CPRC Working paper 37}

Social protection

• Social protection and cash transfers in Uganda: frequently asked questions on cash transfers in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Policy brief 3}
• A Social Protection agenda for Uganda's Poorest of the Poor
  ^{CPRC Uganda Policy brief}
• Targeting and protecting the chronically poor in Uganda: A case for the elderley
  ^{CPRC Uganda Policy brief}
• Mental Illness and Exclusion: putting mental health on the development agenda in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Uganda Policy brief}

Intergenerational poverty and inheritance

• Targeting and protecting the chronically poor in Uganda: A case for the elderley
  ^{CPRC Uganda Policy brief}
• Women, marriage and asset inheritance in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Working paper 184}
• Chronic Poverty and Household Dynamics in Uganda
  ^{CPRC Working paper 139}
• Multiple shocks and downward mobility:learning from life histories of rural Ugandans
  ^{CPRC Working paper 36}

View more publications on Uganda and the CPRC Uganda Policy Brief series.