Children's perceptions of poverty, participation, and local governance in Uganda

Sophie Witter and Jenifer Bukokhe

Development in Practice, 2004, vol. 14, issue 5, 645-659

Abstract: Children under the age of 18 years represent 62 percent of the poor in Uganda. To date, their perspective has not been incorporated in the many poverty analyses that have been conducted. The survey reported in this paper asked children between the ages of 10 and 14 years about their perceptions of poverty, and also about the effectiveness of local government in addressing issues of concern to them. The survey found that children have a different perspective on poverty from that of the adult key informants consulted in our sample; they have a positive view of their own potential role in mitigating poverty, and are highly critical of the current performance of local government.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1080/0961452042000239797

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