This polygon shapefile contains 2005 poverty data for 855 rural subcounties in Uganda. These data are intended for researchers, students, policy makers and the general public for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. Uganda Bureau of Statistics and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). (2008). 2005 Poverty GIS Database. Kampala, Uganda: Government of Uganda, UBOS and ILRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cz128vq0535