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Icon for www.worldbank.orgWorld Bank · Jan 18, 2023

In Uganda: Low access to essential goods, high food insecurity, with slightly improved conditions among the poorest

The survey recontacts households from the Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) 2019/20 that had phone numbers for at least one household member or a reference individual. The first round of the survey was conducted in June 2020. The latest, ninth round was ...
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Over 1,000 residents in Uganda’s lost village at risk of extreme hunger

In January, a joint team of soldiers and police evicted more than 400 local people who had been occupying part of the 64 square kilometre Maruzi ranch in Apac District. The most affected were actually residents of Acam-cabu Village.
ESI Africa · 7d

Uganda’s electricity gap: Rural areas left in the dark

Despite a robust policy framework in Uganda to promote electricity as a driver of socio-economic transformation, electricity access
Icon for www.worldbank.orgWorld Bank · Sep 3, 2021

Measuring the Role of Livestock in the Household Economy: A Guidebook for Designing Household Survey Questionnaires

as well as on lessons drawn from the implementation of comprehensive livestock questionnaires in the context of multi-topic household surveys in Niger, Tanzania, and Uganda—including data validation, analysis, and interpretation with expert informants.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 31, 2025

Survey reveals grim state of Uganda's lions, leopards and hyenas

Lion numbers in Uganda are at a critical low while hyenas are faring well across four major protected areas in the country, according to survey findings co-led by Griffith University, Southern ...