The politics of staying poor: Exploring the political space for poverty reduction in Uganda

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 995-1009

  Hickey, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic poverty; Development theory; Modernization; Political space; Uganda

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

EID: 19144366714     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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