In protected forest zones, collaborative resource management regimes have only recently been introduced. First, these basic services, such as health, education. Demgroup secretariat bukoto plot 101, nantale road p. Report to the ugandan people 3 the environment or the economy. In mainland tanzania for example, lgas account for. Introduction i n the 1990s, developing countries, including uganda, witnessed wideranging reforms in the ag.
It has been accepted for inclusion in this collection by an authorized administrator. Ministry of education and sports moes national strategy for. The constitution has grown and continues growing into a living document, mediating the basic exercise of power between the executive, legislature and judiciary and providing bedrock. Pockets of disparity exist across the rest of uganda, as well. Estimating district gdp in uganda pardee center for international. Her story, and her future, is what must change if uganda is to become the healthy, prosperous, and democratic country. In uganda and tanzania, local authorities1 account for a significant share of government spending, and therefore play a fundamental role in the implementation of national growth and poverty reduction strategies. We employ the probit, tobit and multinomial logit model estimations on we analyse demand for credit. Decentralisation is central to uganda s mode of governance as spelt out in the 1995 constitution and the 1997 local governments act confers. As a result of this local councils might naturally end up being under the control of the opposition or the national resistance movement nrm, which is currently in government, how the situation of vertically divided political authority affects urban service delivery by local governments is a pertinent question, especially since. The population of uganda has grown by 3 per cent every year since the early 2000s, rising from 24. Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in northern. Ministry of education and sports moes national strategy.
The demographic and nutritional transitions taking place in uganda, just as in other low and middleincome countries lmic, are leading to accelerating growth of chronic, noncommunicable diseases ncds. Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in. Research brief divided authority in kampala, uganda. For a fuller explanation of the dsbb and the enhanced general data dissemination system in which uganda. Ugandas refugee legal framework provides a progressive framework for the protection of refugees and processing of asylum seekers claims, setting a leading. Universal primary education, uganda overseas development. This study uses the uganda household surveys conducted in 199293 and 19992000 to shed some light on access to, and the characteristics of demand for credit among the rural population. It also specifies the policy in the form of four 4 principal policy goals and sixteen 16 subsidiary policy objectives. Even when it is not explicit, improving service delivery is an implicit motivation behind most of these decentralization efforts. Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays.
Uganda t o i a n e gulu 0 100 200km international border water shed owen falls and kiira a. Economic assessment of the impacts of climate change in uganda final report vii key messages o development prospects will only be reached if climate impacts are mitigated. Revisenow is a free website providing past papers examinations content to. A key concern is the lack of empirical assessments that quantify the effect of climate change as a shock to agricultural systems for both the current and future populations in addition to benefits from adoption of climate change mitigation strategies. Overview of the evaluation effort policy makers in uganda are for evidence based decision making. We find that ugandas credit market is highly segmented. Semliki map e kenya sudan rwanda tanzania nyanza sondu river a r lake kyogo entebbe i kampala musoma mbarara a ateppi lake victoria lake albert lake edward lake. The uganda civil society youth coalition 99 uganda scouts association 99 youth policy advocacy and engagement at uganda youth network 100 formal education and livelihood initiatives 101 universal secondary education use and tertiary education 102 skilling uganda. The 2011 uganda demographic and health survey 2011 udhs was implemented by the uganda bureau of statistics from may through december 2011. Mutumba augustine, 2005 the effect of decentralisation on. This child will likely drop out of school before reaching secondary level, has a one in four chance of becoming pregnant, and will likely be married as a teenager. National evaluation capacity in uganda by margaret kakande president uganda, evaluation association a paper prepared for the international conference on national evaluation capacities.
In january 2006, the uganda joint assistance strategy ujas was laid out and signed by eleven development partners. Decentralisation and rural service delivery in uganda. Economic assessment of the impacts of climate change in uganda. Introduction decentralization has long been seen as a major policy tool for helping to improve governance and the provision of public goods in the developing world. Separate evaluation country reports were prepared as part of the evaluation. Ugandas economic transformation will critically hinge upon industrialization. In addition, uganda is collaborating with kenya and tanzania for the implementation of the lake victoria environment management. Countryeconomy profiles the global enabling report 2012 345 1 this indicator is not included in the pillar calculation. Uganda has made progress in achieving gender equality, with 26. In particular, the report focuses on largely unsuccessful ugandan efforts to resolve the conflict with the lra, as well as talks with the u. The evaluation looked at the range of support provided by undp to uganda in the. Constraints in access to and demand for rural credit.
Progress towards universal membership of the convention 1. Processes and outputs edited by christine kirunga tashobya, freddie ssengooba, valeria oliveira cruz editorial board. Uniqueness of uganda s policy reform unlike most of the other subsaharan african countries, uganda is a unique case at least in three viewpoints. In view of the importance of the nonrenewable oil and gas resource to. Ugandas hdi value and rank ugandas hdi value for 2017 is 0.
Between 1990 and 2017, ugandas hdi value increased from 0. While the fertility rate has remained high, it has declined slightly, from 6. Decentralization in zimbabwes forest sector has been varied depending on the tenurial status of the land on which the woodlands are found. There turns out to be little support for the relevance of these hypotheses to uganda. Nov 19, 2014 the demographic and nutritional transitions taking place in uganda, just as in other low and middleincome countries lmic, are leading to accelerating growth of chronic, noncommunicable diseases ncds. It can therefore be seen as an exercise in the political economy of growth policy options. Though still sparse, locally derived data on ncds in uganda has increased greatly over the past five years and will soon be bolstered by the first nationally. The possibilities can form a critical basis for making decentralization as a positivesum solution for uganda rather than a zerosum one as was the case before. Development prospects for uganda foresee an average annual growth rate around 78% over the next 25 years and a drop in poverty levels. Sep 11, 2015 the projects specific objectives are to improve household incomes, food security and climate resilience through development of agricultural infrastructure, specifically, 5 new small and medium scale irrigation schemes and related civil works, packaged with agribusiness development and integrated sustainable natural resources management. Second, i examine the role of both the concentration of power at the district level as well as the increasing number of districts in uganda as causal factors in conflict. Exploring the constraints for poverty reduction abstract it is often claimed that decentralisation is effective for the reduction of poverty due to inherent opportunities for higher popular participation and increased efficiency in public service delivery.
The overall objective is to help pinpoint strategic opportunities for future research on how best to promote livelihood security and access to services for conflictaffected populations in ugandas greater north. Universal primary education upe is one of the government of ugandas main policy tools for achieving poverty reduction and human development. The national industrial policy contains a framework to guide specific policy actions and offers policy makers, government functionaries, and. For a fuller explanation of the dsbb and the enhanced general data dissemination system in which uganda participates, please visit the dsbb home page. Uganda had in many ways already made significant progress with respect to local leadership of the development agenda in uganda.
National summary data page nsdp opendata for uganda. Uganda aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of bolivia, guinea and benin on behalf of the g77 and china, the african group and ldcs respectively. Uganda is now governed under the 1995 propeople constitution. Get the knowledge you need in order to pass your classes and more. Icf international provided technical assistance to the project through. Decentralisation and conflict in uganda cover sheet. Uganda womens finance trust was the first institution to offer microfinance services in uganda. Decentralization and development in contemporary uganda elliott green1 forthcoming in regional and federal studies 1. More specifically, this adr provides forward looking recommendations to assist undp uganda and its partners in formulating an action plan for the next programming cycle 20102014. Uganda experienced a tumultuous postindependence period, with power passing first to milton obote, then to idi amin, back to obote and eventually to yoweri museveni and his national resistance movement nrm. The constitution has grown and continues growing into a living document, mediating the basic exercise of power between the executive, legislature and judiciary and providing bedrock for constitutional government and the rule of law. The primary objective of the project was to build two clean and sustainable high yielding charcoal plants to reduce the impact that charcoal production.
Country brief uganda global partnership for effective. Though still sparse, locally derived data on ncds in uganda has increased greatly over the past five years and will soon be bolstered by the first nationally representative data set on ncds. At the outset, my delegation would like to underscore the need to give the necessary priority to oceans and seas, as well as lakes and rivers, forests and. Promotion of girls education has been on the agenda of the government of uganda for the last two decades. Established in 1984, it offered credit and savings to groups and to individual women entrepreneurs. Ugandas strong economic performance in the 1990s and 2000san annual gdp. Population growth in uganda is still among one of the. This brief introduces districtlevel gdp and gdp per capita estimates for ugandas 116 districts1 utilizing a method based on models using imagery of nighttime.
There is room for improvement in the proportion of women in the lower house. In 2004, the ministry of education and sports developed a national strategy for girls education to harmonize its roles and activities. A model of cotton export supply response of the ugandan industry is developed and estimated using ols and annual data for the period 1976 to 2008. National summary data page nsdp data linked from this page correspond to data described in the international monetary funds dsbb. I dont know what happened to his dream but i recently stumbled upon a website offering almost a similar service to the one he wanted to develop. If other legislation is relevant, please provide details. In uganda, land continues to be a critical factor, as it is the most essential pillar of human. Mutumba augustine, 2005 the effect of decentralisation on the. Informations role in reducing corruption in ugandas education sector. Third and finally, i conclude with some wider thoughts on decentralization and conflict in countries like uganda.
Btvet business, technical and vocational education and training 103. Decentralisation and policy advocacy in rwanda democracy. I am confident that the preparation of the 2015 northern. Sensitizing the elite on that issue can be accelerated if one demonstrates that the current topdown approach is detrimental to development in the long run as it renders planning inefficient. Economic assessment of the impacts of climate change in.
Eight years later, finca set up village banking operations in jinja, supporting a group of american students from the midwest who raised the initial. In section 2, i provide a short overview of the main features of decentralisation in uganda, including political, administrative, and fiscal elements of the reform. Fiscal decentralisation in uganda draft strategy paper 204 5 1 introduction 1. Mubbala, director mailing address for the head of the institution. Late last year, a friend wanted to develop a web application that would provide past uneb papers and a full ugandan curriculum online. Returning to decentralisation, we can see that one of its shortcomings is the lack of opportunities it offers for popular participation in local governance. Pdf on jan 1, 2015, ben knighton and others published uganda find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The national roads system in uganda is experiencing a period of exceptional activity and promise following a large increase in public spending in the sector and institutional reforms designed to enhance substantially the efficiency of this investment. The motivation of central government intervention in land deals is twofold their actions can be explicitly motivated by politics and selfinterest or they could be. Mar 30, 2011 republic of uganda ministry of lands, housing and urban development the uganda national land policy final draft march, 2011 ministry of lands, housing and urban development, century building, plot no. This report discusses the current political conditions of uganda, which have long been ravaged by the lords resistance army lra, an armed rebel group backed by the government of sudan.
The funding for the 2011 udhs was provided by the government of uganda, usaid, unfpa, unicef, who, irish aid, and the uk government. Uganda given the previous focus on social service provision. Looking at noncommunicable diseases in uganda through a. The power of information in uganda center for global development. With the country now engaged in a transition, for northern uganda, from recovery to development, human development can be an ideal framework for the development vision of northern uganda. Research brief divided authority in kampala, uganda wider.
Directorate of lands and environment name and title of the head of institution. Information on land, some factories, investor company neccesities and important information on investment opportunities in the proposed business and industrial parks in regards to invest land it can be allocated in any part of the country mainly in the central part of uganda in the urban and semi urban areas. Effect of climate change in the albertine rift of uganda. Collaborative resource management is a variant of decentralization in. This child will likely drop out of school before reaching secondary level, has a oneinfour chance of becoming pregnant, and will likely be married as a teenager.