The Impact of Population Growth on Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda
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Keywords
Population; poverty; Uganda; household size;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-07-13 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2007-07-13 (Development)
- NEP-HAP-2007-07-13 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LTV-2007-07-13 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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