The latter is based on the cost of 2,200 calories from a given food basket (poverty line) plus essential non-food expenditures (based on consumption of non-food items of the households whose total expenditures are equal to the food poverty line (EPAU, 1996; World Bank, 1996; Action Aid, 1994), on the basis of which, Uganda, with a per capita income of about US Dollars 220, is considered as one of the poorest countries in the world (World Bank, 1996).
Esta última se basa en el costo de 2.200 calorías de una canasta alimentaria dada, agregándose gastos esenciales basados en el consumo de artículos no alimentarios de los hogares (EPAU, 1996; Banco Mundial, 1996; Action Aid, 1994). Sobre esta base, Uganda, con un ingreso per capita de alrededor de US$ 220, es considerado uno de los países más pobres del mundo (Banco Mundial 1996)