Learning from the poor : a summary of key findings and policy messages

This document reports the key findings of the Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Project (UPPAP), the first ever to take place in Uganda. It highlights some of the findings of the project that sought to represent the various facets of poverty across the regions of Uganda by consulting with 36 rural and urban communities in the country. It covers issues such as perceptions of poverty and strategies for coping with being poor, as well as looking at the degree to which the poor have access to, and benefit from, services and infrastructure, how governance can lead to poverty and the impact of security and insecurity in relation to poverty. It finishes with key messages for policy makers.