01860cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001084 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451857917 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL McDonald, Calvin. Income Distribution, Informal Safety Nets, and Social Expenditures in Uganda / Calvin McDonald, Christian Schiller, Kenichi Ueda. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Inequality in Uganda rose during 1989-95, although this rise moderated in 1993-95. In 1993-95, real food consumption became more equal. Regional and urban-rural disparities in income and variations in income accruing to individuals with different educational levels principally explain 'between group inequality.' While informal safety nets appear to work for Ugandan middle-class families, a lack of mutual insurance among poor production workers and farmers accentuates the inequality trends. An expansion of formal safety nets would help this segment of the population. The intrasectoral allocation and benefit incidence of expenditures on education and health can be improved to reduce inequality. Mode of access: Internet Schiller, Christian. Ueda, Kenichi. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/163 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1999/163/001.1999.issue-163-en.xml IMF e-Library