Modernization, Poverty Eradication, and the Process of Social Transformation in Uganda

Ndinawe Byekwaso

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2019, vol. 51, issue 2, 265-281

Abstract: To eradicate poverty, pro-market policies were implemented in Uganda. This article reveals that the policies did not improve the welfare of peasants. Instead, the peasants were made to depend on the market as a result of the harsh environment created that compelled them to increasingly abandon self-provisioning farming. Consequently, the people are increasingly faced with food shortages and the number of children dying of malnutrition is on the rise while land seizures are taking place. JEL Classification: Q02, Q11, Q15

Keywords: Uganda; commercial farming; land grabbing; social transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613417738671

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