Uganda Economic Update, February 2015 : The Growth Challenge--Can Ugandan Cities Get to Work?

This Fifth Edition of the Uganda Economic Update presents evidence that if the urbanization process is well managed, it has the potential to stimulate economic growth and to provide productive jobs for a greater proportion of Uganda’s young and rapidly expanding population. In many countries ac...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AMORTIZATION ARREARS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK RATE BASE YEAR CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL GAINS CENTRAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CREDIBILITY CREDIT SOURCE CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEBT BURDEN DEBT RATIOS DEBT RELIEF DEBT SERVICE DEBT SUSTAINABILITY DEBT-SERVICE DEFICITS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISBURSEMENTS DISECONOMIES OF SCALE DOMESTIC ARREARS DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC MARKET DURABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING ECONOMIES ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORTS EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL FINANCING EXTREME POVERTY FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL POLICY TARGETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN INTEREST GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT SAVINGS GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH INTEREST RATES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME TAXES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT PLANS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT SPENDING ISSUANCE ISSUANCE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES JOB CREATION LAND MARKETS LAND POLICIES LAND USE LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS M2 MACRO-STABILITY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MICRO ENTERPRISES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MIGRATION MINISTRY OF FINANCE MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NDP NON-PERFORMING LOANS NONPERFORMING LOANS OIL PRICES OIL RESOURCES OUTSTANDING CREDIT PER CAPITA INCOME PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO FLOWS PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS POSITIVE EFFECTS POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT PRIVATE SECTOR DEBT PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBT STOCK PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUSH FACTORS RATES OF INFLATION REAL ESTATE REAL GDP RECEIPTS RECESSION RECURRENT EXPENDITURE RECURRENT EXPENDITURES REFUGEES REGULATORY AUTHORITY REMITTANCES RESERVES RETURN RETURNS REVENUE MOBILIZATION SECURITIES SEWAGE SHORT MATURITY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SERVICES SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX REGIME TAX REVENUES TAXATION TOTAL REVENUE TRADE DEFICIT TRADE FLOWS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE UNEMPLOYMENT UNION URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WOMAN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24091036/growth-challenge-can-ugandan-cities-work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21690

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Summary:	This Fifth Edition of the Uganda Economic Update presents evidence that if the urbanization process is well managed, it has the potential to stimulate economic growth and to provide productive jobs for a greater proportion of Uganda’s young and rapidly expanding population. In many countries across the world, the growth of cities has stimulated the establishment and expansion of productive businesses by reducing the distance between suppliers and customers. The growth of cities has also facilitated provision of social services and infrastructure through economies of scale. These positive effects from urbanization are already visible in Uganda since the poverty rate is seven percentage points lower in urban areas than in rural areas. Most of the recent job creation is found in cities, and social indicators are also better in urban areas, especially in education and health.

Uganda Economic Update, February 2015 : The Growth Challenge--Can Ugandan Cities Get to Work?

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