Chronic poverty and disability in Uganda.

摘要: The study of poverty - situation, dynamics, and impact has received much impetus in the last 10 years Uganda. Evidence from country’s Household Surveys recently concluded Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) yielded needed policy-relevant information. Emerging evidence studies confirms an intrinsic mutually reinforcing link between disability. Chronic studies, however, are more recent. Spurred by a growing need to understand which categories population live perpetual reasons behind their “missing out” on benefits current development interventions have focused attention specific themes and/or poor. This focuses relationship chronic disability country, it argues that disabled people not only among poorest poor but they remain for very long periods time, generation generation. highlights some methodological challenges still exist with respect isolating chronically episodically people, one these being lack longitudinal devote “tracking” people’s situations, behaviour characteristics over time. Yet case anecdotal information is overwhelming recognising two duration majority cases interchangeable. purpose this study, therefore, gain deeper understanding long-duration Study based review existing literature actual fieldwork carried out four districts It seeks to: (a) summarise state knowledge about Uganda; (b) discuss factors “perpetual poverty”; (c) describe efforts presently made address longduration persons country; (d) propose policy aimed at greater inclusion processes. adopts Hulme Shepherd’s definition, taking be where individuals or households trapped severe multi-dimensional extended period linked intergenerational transmission, so who born poverty, pass onto children (Hulme Shepherd, 2001). as individuals, live, face kind condition carries time beyond five (5) years, during period, regardless different macro micro interventions, affected unable sustain themselves improve livelihoods.