Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update

Since the 2015 SCD, some economic progress had been shared and progress in poverty reduction was achieved, but the COVID-19 crisis has in part reversed these developments. Uganda’s broad development narrative has not changed significantly since the 2015 SCD, with the COVID-19 crisis further aggrav...

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Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-367342022-02-17T05:10:46Z Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update World Bank International Finance Corporation Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY SHARED PROSPERITY SUSTAINABILITY INEQUALITY FISCAL TRENDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY HUMAN CAPITAL WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION Since the 2015 SCD, some economic progress had been shared and progress in poverty reduction was achieved, but the COVID-19 crisis has in part reversed these developments. Uganda’s broad development narrative has not changed significantly since the 2015 SCD, with the COVID-19 crisis further aggravating the existing challenges. Improvements in economic developments have slowed over the past five years compared to peers, with a particularly sharp deceleration in real per capita GDP growth. Addressing the inequality of opportunities, which is pervasive in Uganda, is key for the postCOVID recovery. The SCD Update revisits the priority areas and actions for Uganda today, based on the latest developments and analysis of constraints. 2021-12-15T16:44:00Z 2021-12-15T16:44:00Z 2021-08-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/296161639430085363/Uganda-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36734 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Systematic Country Diagnostic Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Uganda
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
POVERTY
SHARED PROSPERITY
SUSTAINABILITY
INEQUALITY
FISCAL TRENDS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CONSTRAINTS
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
POVERTY
SHARED PROSPERITY
SUSTAINABILITY
INEQUALITY
FISCAL TRENDS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN CAPITAL
WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONS
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CONSTRAINTS
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
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Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Uganda
description Since the 2015 SCD, some economic progress had been shared and progress in poverty reduction was achieved, but the COVID-19 crisis has in part reversed these developments. Uganda’s broad development narrative has not changed significantly since the 2015 SCD, with the COVID-19 crisis further aggravating the existing challenges. Improvements in economic developments have slowed over the past five years compared to peers, with a particularly sharp deceleration in real per capita GDP growth. Addressing the inequality of opportunities, which is pervasive in Uganda, is key for the postCOVID recovery. The SCD Update revisits the priority areas and actions for Uganda today, based on the latest developments and analysis of constraints.
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author World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
author_facet World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
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title Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
title_short Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
title_full Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
title_fullStr Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
title_full_unstemmed Uganda Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
title_sort uganda systematic country diagnostic update
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/296161639430085363/Uganda-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Update
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