Agricultural Tradables and Economic Recovery in Uganda: The Limitations of Structural Adjustment in Practice

Belshaw, Doug; Lawrence, Peter; Hubbard, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(99)00030-3

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“…With more than 85% of the population still living in rural areas and agriculture accounting for 77% of employment and 50% of total output (Belshaw et al 1999), land-related investment will be critical for growth and poverty (Kappel et al 2005), something that is often attributed to limited agricultural productivity growth (Republic of Uganda 2005), implies that ways to increase agricultural productivity will be critical to prevent widening of rural-urban income gaps.…”

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“…Studies highlight that, despite a favorable environment in the 1990s, land-related investment and diversification of the productive sector remained limited (Belshaw et al 1999) and that the area expansion at the expense of woodlots, wetlands and natural grazing lands on which it was based was unsustainable to begin with Otsuka 2000, Pender 2004). Rates of manure and fertilizer application remain extremely low even by African standards, implying that Uganda is drawing down natural capital at an alarmingly rapid rate .…”

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Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

Deininger

Ali

2008

American J Agri Economics

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While the need for land‐related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within‐household analysis of investments by owner‐cum‐occupants in Uganda points toward significant and quantitatively large investment effects of full ownership. Registration is estimated to have no investment effects, whereas measures to strengthen occupancy rights attenuate investment disincentives. While this supports the importance of secure tenure as a precondition for growth, it also suggests that interventions aiming to increase tenure security need to be context‐specific for it to be fully effective.

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Section: Origins and Incidence Of Overlapping Tenure In Ugandamentioning

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Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

Deininger

Ali

2008

American J Agri Economics

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“…A detailed analysis of changes in household income generation processes goes well beyond the scope of this article, but would certainly be a worthwhile undertaking. 14 See for example Belshaw et al (1999) and Dijkstra and van Donge (2001) for detailed assessments of agricultural reforms and outcomes. 9 2 / 9 3 9 3 / 9 4 9 4 / 9 5 9 5 / 9 6 9 6 / 9 7 9 7 / 9 8 9 8 / 9 9 9 9 / 0 0 0 Production of cash crop agriculture increased strongly in the early 1990s and at a somewhat lower rate in recent years.…”

Section: The Direct Way: Sectoral Growth Structural Change and Povermentioning

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Uganda: No More Pro‐poor Growth?

Kappel

Lay

Steiner

2005

Development Policy Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This article illustrates changing growth regimes in Uganda from pro-poor growth in the 1990s to growth without poverty reduction, actually even a slight increase in poverty, after 2000. Not surprisingly, we find that good agricultural performance is the key determinant of direct pro-poor growth in the 1990s as well as lower agricultural growth is the root cause of the recent increase in poverty. Yet after 2000, low agricultural growth appears to have induced important employment shifts out of agriculture, which have dampened the increase in poverty. We also assess the indirect way of pro-poor growth by analysing the incidence of public spending and the tax system and find that indirect pro-poor growth has only been achieved to a limited extend. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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“…High growth rates have been combined with a high degree of 'ownership' of the reforms " (2001: 841). Others have drawn more pessimistic conclusions, however, notably that structural weaknesses in the Ugandan economy persist and that agricultural supply response to reforms has been weak (Belshaw et al,1999).…”

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confidence: 99%