Accessibility mapping and rural poverty in the horn of Africa.

It is widely recognized that poverty is a multidimensional concept and that both environmental and socio-economic factors contribute to the wellbeing of people. A better understanding of the geographical factors associated with poverty will allow poverty reduction strategies to be developed that focus on modifying those factors or that help people to adapt to deal with them, thereby enabling households living in poor areas to improve their standard of living. Among these factors, market accessibility plays an important role, especially in rural areas, where better access to population centres and markets can lead to diversification of rural economies. Poor market access has been highlighted as one of the priority causes of poverty in Uganda (Government of Uganda, 2000 and 2002).

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