Planning for Uganda's Urbanization

Uganda has started its journey into urbanization and economic development. The pace of urbanization is picking up currently at 4.5 percent per year, and likely to accelerate with rising incomes. The economic benefits from urban growth will come fro...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL LAND CITIES CITY AUTHORITY CITY POPULATION COMMUNAL LAND IMPROVED LAND LAND RECORDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RIGHTS LAND ACQUISITION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENTAL LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND USE CHANGE PLANT LOCATION PRIVATE LAND SOIL QUALITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN MIGRATION URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBANIZATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATES URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MANAGEMENT CAPACITY URBAN MOBILITY URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN ROADS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353841468318588458/Planning-for-Ugandas-urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27439

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spelling	okr-10986-274392021-04-23T14:04:37Z Planning for Uganda's Urbanization World Bank AGRICULTURAL LAND CITIES CITY AUTHORITY CITY POPULATION COMMUNAL LAND IMPROVED LAND LAND RECORDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RIGHTS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND RECORDS LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND USE CHANGE PLANT LOCATION PRIVATE LAND SOIL QUALITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN MIGRATION URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBANIZATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATES URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MANAGEMENT CAPACITY URBAN MIGRATION URBAN MOBILITY URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN ROADS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS Uganda has started its journey into urbanization and economic development. The pace of urbanization is picking up currently at 4.5 percent per year, and likely to accelerate with rising incomes. The economic benefits from urban growth will come from exploiting economies of scale and agglomeration and by increasing fluidity in factor markets that enable substitution between land and non land inputs. Uganda's urban transformation is occurring in a period of particular flux a changing climate is likely to adversely influence rain fed agriculture, which will have bearing on the prospects of small towns that serve as interlocutors with the rural economy. At the other end, closer economic integration in East Africa will increase the reach of the country's largest metropolis, but place it in direct competition with other metropolises in the region. As prices of tradable converge in an open economy, considerable thought and effort will be needed to reduce the prices of non tradable services that can help maintain economic competitiveness. Policymakers both at the national and local levels need to see themselves as change managers who encourage flexibility in how Uganda's towns and cities respond to emerging needs of business and households. Planning ahead is important, but not locking settlements into today's market needs becomes even more important. What are policy priorities to harness economic and social aims from urbanization? This policy note is organized in three sections to answer this question. The first section provides stylized facts on the pace, form and efficiency of Uganda's urban transformation. Section two identifies how land policies, urban planning and transport constraints, and housing shortages are choking urbanization and the economy. Section three lays out a framework for prioritizing and sequencing urbanization policies. A statistical annex is also provided at the end. 2017-06-28T14:37:24Z 2017-06-28T14:37:24Z 2012 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353841468318588458/Planning-for-Ugandas-urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27439 English en_US Inclusive Growth Policy Note;4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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topic	AGRICULTURAL LAND CITIES CITY AUTHORITY CITY POPULATION COMMUNAL LAND IMPROVED LAND LAND RECORDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RIGHTS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND RECORDS LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND USE CHANGE PLANT LOCATION PRIVATE LAND SOIL QUALITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN MIGRATION URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBANIZATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATES URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MANAGEMENT CAPACITY URBAN MIGRATION URBAN MOBILITY URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN ROADS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL LAND CITIES CITY AUTHORITY CITY POPULATION COMMUNAL LAND IMPROVED LAND LAND RECORDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RIGHTS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND RECORDS LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND USE CHANGE PLANT LOCATION PRIVATE LAND SOIL QUALITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN MIGRATION URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBANIZATION URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GROWTH URBAN GROWTH RATES URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN LAND URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MANAGEMENT CAPACITY URBAN MIGRATION URBAN MOBILITY URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN ROADS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY URBANIZATION PROCESS URBANIZED AREAS World Bank Planning for Uganda's Urbanization
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description	Uganda has started its journey into urbanization and economic development. The pace of urbanization is picking up currently at 4.5 percent per year, and likely to accelerate with rising incomes. The economic benefits from urban growth will come from exploiting economies of scale and agglomeration and by increasing fluidity in factor markets that enable substitution between land and non land inputs. Uganda's urban transformation is occurring in a period of particular flux a changing climate is likely to adversely influence rain fed agriculture, which will have bearing on the prospects of small towns that serve as interlocutors with the rural economy. At the other end, closer economic integration in East Africa will increase the reach of the country's largest metropolis, but place it in direct competition with other metropolises in the region. As prices of tradable converge in an open economy, considerable thought and effort will be needed to reduce the prices of non tradable services that can help maintain economic competitiveness. Policymakers both at the national and local levels need to see themselves as change managers who encourage flexibility in how Uganda's towns and cities respond to emerging needs of business and households. Planning ahead is important, but not locking settlements into today's market needs becomes even more important. What are policy priorities to harness economic and social aims from urbanization? This policy note is organized in three sections to answer this question. The first section provides stylized facts on the pace, form and efficiency of Uganda's urban transformation. Section two identifies how land policies, urban planning and transport constraints, and housing shortages are choking urbanization and the economy. Section three lays out a framework for prioritizing and sequencing urbanization policies. A statistical annex is also provided at the end.
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title	Planning for Uganda's Urbanization
title_short	Planning for Uganda's Urbanization
title_full	Planning for Uganda's Urbanization
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publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353841468318588458/Planning-for-Ugandas-urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27439
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Planning for Uganda's Urbanization

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