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Focus on Wealth Creating Sectors
(2005-06)This document presents draft reports of studies so far carried out by the NPA on different productive sub-sectors of the economy. The draft study reports to cover twelve sub-sectors, namely, Fish; Tobacco; Beans; Maize; ... -
Integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into the National Development Planning Framework and Systems in Uganda
(2007-04)Uganda has embraced ICT as a strategy for realization of her poverty reduction goals and attaining the broader development goals such as the MDGs. The poverty eradication Action plan 2004/2005 - 2007/08, the country's ... -
Accelerating implementation of infrastructure projects
(2012)Over the recent past, the Government has devoted much attention to ensuring that there is guided development in the country. Accordingly, policy documents have been prepared such as the National Development Plan (NDP) and ... -
Transforming small holder farming to modern agriculture in Uganda
(2013)Agriculture modernization is a critical component of Uganda’s vision which is “A transformed Ugandan society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country”. In line with this vision, the 2012 Agriculture Sector Annual ... -
Scaling up value addition in agricultural products
(2013-04)Uganda can gain substantially from her agricultural products if the country can adopt and implement value addition techniques and strategies. Indeed, Uganda’s path to development and socioeconomic transformation partly ... -
A Policy paper on curbing corruption to improve service delivery
(2013-06)One of the key principles of modern societies is the rule of law and the subjection of individual selfish interests to the interests of the common good. More recently the NRM Government has committed itself to fight ... -
Accelerating the mining, value addition and use of key minerals in building an integrated economy
(2013-06)This paper provides a synopsis of the mineral’s subsector in Uganda and discusses its potential contribution to building an integrated economy. It presents proposals for accelerating the current projects in the National ... -
Enhancing competitiveness in Uganda's tourism sector for growth and employment
(2013-10)Tourism in Uganda, a top African destination in the 1960s, has reawakened over the past decade. Uganda Vision 2040 includes tourism as among the growth sectors with great development opportunities.Tourism was designated ... -
Investment partnerships for embedding foreign domestic investments in Uganda
(2014-02)Many developing economies have successfully promoted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in order to facilitate economic growth and reduce poverty. However, attracting FDI without appropriate policy interventions for embedding ... -
Effect of Procurement Procedures and Project Implementation on Resource Absorption
(2014-02-20)The number and scale of Government projects in the roads sub – sector in the past 3 years is unprecedented. Government spends over UGX 1.5 trillion a year on goods, land, works and services to ensure roads are maintained ... -
Uganda's Public Sector Borrowing Requirements, Finance Options and the implication for Economic Performance
(2014-03)Government’s optimal mix of financing options depends crucially on the level of borrowing requirements and the use of public resources. Uganda’s development strategy is increasingly focused on ... -
Financing Fiscal Deficits in Uganda
(2014-03-27)Uganda is in a transitional period in terms of both financing needs and opportunities. Since Fiscal Year 2009/10 net financing requirements have consistently exceeded available net concessional lending – and this trend ... -
Gender, Economic Productivity and Development in Uganda: Recent Evidence and Policy Conclusions1
(2014-05-09)Gender equality is enshrined in Uganda’s constitution. Yet, gender-related norms, perceptions and practices continue to ensure that women’s and men’s opportunities remain unequal. This is unfair: life’s chances should ... -
Strengthening the role of Uganda development bank limited in the socio-economic transformation of the country
(2014-06)Development Banks (DBs) are important instruments of Government through which socio economic transformation is promoted. Development banks providing relatively low cost capital compared to commercial banks and also wider ... -
Land Reform and Investments in Agriculture for Socio-Economic Transformation of Uganda
(2014-07-24)Uganda, with a per capita Gross National Income (GNI) of US$ 510 (Atlas method, current prices) in 2013 and with 22 percent of her population living below US$1.25 per day as of 2013, has prepared a development vision, the ... -
Strategies for employment creation
(2015-01)This paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the unemployment status in, with particular attention to the youth, and provides a workable strategy based on development of value chain to address unemployment in a holistic ... -
Storage infrastructure development
(2015-01)Uganda's economy is largely agro based with 70% of the population engaged in agricultural production for food crops and cash crops. Among the food crops, grains have proved to be important for the security and for increased ... -
A Policy paper on access, cost, quality and relevance, the case fro Pre-primary and Primary Education in Uganda
(2015-07)From 1986, the education sector has witnessed comprehensive policy reforms that have put it decisively on the development path. Key among the reforms was the adoption of the most fundamental and far reaching programme - ... -
A Policy paper on the process of attaining middle income status
(2016)Uganda aspires to become an upper middle income country by 2040 as spelt out in the Uganda Vision 2040. However, while articulated in NDPII, the direction that should move the country to middle income is not yet well ...