Uganda Economic Update, July 2017 : Infrastructure Finance Deficit

As a result of a number of internal and external shocks, Uganda's economy is currently growing at the lowest rate recorded over the past two decades. Therefore, current policy is focused on the management of these impacts so that they do not e...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ECONOMIC GROWTH MONETARY POLICY EXTERNAL IMBALANCE FISCAL TRENDS ECONOMIC SHOCKS RISKS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE PPPs PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786421501233090053/Infrastructure-finance-deficit-can-public-private-partnerships-fill-the-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28267

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spelling	okr-10986-282672021-05-25T09:49:19Z Uganda Economic Update, July 2017 : Infrastructure Finance Deficit World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH MONETARY POLICY EXTERNAL IMBALANCE FISCAL TRENDS ECONOMIC SHOCKS RISKS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE PPPs PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS As a result of a number of internal and external shocks, Uganda's economy is currently growing at the lowest rate recorded over the past two decades. Therefore, current policy is focused on the management of these impacts so that they do not exacerbate macroeconomic instability and on measures to stimulate the economy to increase growth. The Government's investment push is intended to address binding constraints on growth, with the most significant of these constraints being Uganda's huge infrastructure deficit. The first part of this Ninth Uganda Economic Update presents an assessment of the current state of the economy, while the second part addresses a specific theme related to Uganda's development challenges and the manner in which these may be addressed. This focusses on how the management of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can support Uganda's investment push by facilitating access to private sector financing, by managing the risks intrinsic in these arrangements, and by maximizing the economic and social value of these partnerships. This can only be achieved if the government is committed to building the appropriate set of frameworks to create a conducive environment for private investments and to adopting robust project identification, screening, procurement and contract management processes. 2017-09-08T21:13:38Z 2017-09-08T21:13:38Z 2017-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786421501233090053/Infrastructure-finance-deficit-can-public-private-partnerships-fill-the-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28267 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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description	As a result of a number of internal and external shocks, Uganda's economy is currently growing at the lowest rate recorded over the past two decades. Therefore, current policy is focused on the management of these impacts so that they do not exacerbate macroeconomic instability and on measures to stimulate the economy to increase growth. The Government's investment push is intended to address binding constraints on growth, with the most significant of these constraints being Uganda's huge infrastructure deficit. The first part of this Ninth Uganda Economic Update presents an assessment of the current state of the economy, while the second part addresses a specific theme related to Uganda's development challenges and the manner in which these may be addressed. This focusses on how the management of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can support Uganda's investment push by facilitating access to private sector financing, by managing the risks intrinsic in these arrangements, and by maximizing the economic and social value of these partnerships. This can only be achieved if the government is committed to building the appropriate set of frameworks to create a conducive environment for private investments and to adopting robust project identification, screening, procurement and contract management processes.
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title	Uganda Economic Update, July 2017 : Infrastructure Finance Deficit
title_short	Uganda Economic Update, July 2017 : Infrastructure Finance Deficit
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