Uganda's Economic Reforms: Insider Accounts

Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 15
List of Tables......Page 16
List of Boxes......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 19
Notes on Contributors......Page 23
1 Introduction......Page 28
2 The pre-reform period: 1986 to 1990......Page 30
3 The technocratic era: 1990 to 1995......Page 31
4 The poverty eradication period: 1995 to 2002......Page 41
5 2002 onwards......Page 51
6 Impact of economic reforms......Page 54
7 Conclusions......Page 58
1 Background: the economy before 1986......Page 62
2 Institutions inherited by the NRM government......Page 64
3 January 1986 to mid-1987: starting out......Page 65
4 Mid-1987 to 1992: early reforms......Page 67
5 1992 to 1995: establishment of fiscal discipline......Page 68
6 1995 to 2002: the poverty agenda......Page 72
7 Attachment to planning......Page 74
9 Uganda Commercial Bank......Page 76
10 Conclusions: the role of President Museveni......Page 77
1 Introduction......Page 79
2 The two big reforms of the early 1990s......Page 80
3 Sustaining reform during the 1990s......Page 84
4 The evolution of macroeconomic policy during the 2000s......Page 98
5 Conclusions......Page 114
2 Restructuring and reorganization......Page 116
3 Pay reform......Page 123
4 Conclusions......Page 128
1 Introduction......Page 130
2 Tax policy reform......Page 131
3 Tax administration reform......Page 141
4 Impact of the reforms......Page 149
5 Conclusions......Page 154
1 Introduction......Page 156
2 Planning in the National Resistance Movement years......Page 157
3 1991 review of the planning system......Page 158
4 Reform of the planning system......Page 162
5 Impact of the reforms......Page 173
6 Conclusions and lessons......Page 178
1 Introduction......Page 184
2 The 1997 Poverty Eradication Action Plan......Page 185
3 First revision of the PEAP......Page 188
4 Second revision of the PEAP......Page 193
5 From the PEAP to the National Development Plan......Page 195
6 Lessons, challenges, and future prospects......Page 196
1 Introduction......Page 199
2 Evolution of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework......Page 200
3 The consultative budget process......Page 202
4 Other budget reforms......Page 203
5 Resource allocation and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework......Page 209
6 Did the MTEF facilitate a shift in sectoral allocations of the budget?......Page 212
7 Did the MTEF improve the predictability of the budget?......Page 214
8 Challenges in budget reform......Page 219
9 Conclusions......Page 221
1 Introduction......Page 235
2 Sector policy reform, strategic planning, and coordination......Page 236
3 MTEF and Sector Working Groups......Page 238
4 Supporting changes in sector financing and donor coordination......Page 239
5 Sector reporting and review processes......Page 242
6 The maturing of SWAps......Page 243
7 Achievements and limitations of SWAps......Page 247
8 Conclusions......Page 252
2 Mainstreaming of poverty issues in budgets and programmes......Page 253
3 Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy......Page 256
4 Technical issues in measuring poverty......Page 259
5 Poverty trends......Page 263
6 Reforms and developments behind the poverty trends......Page 270
7 Findings and conclusions......Page 271
1 Institutional history of statistics development......Page 273
2 Major statistical programmes......Page 277
3 Institutional arrangements......Page 286
4 Conclusions......Page 290
1 Introduction......Page 291
2 The 1991 Debt Strategy......Page 292
4 The 1995 Enhanced Debt Strategy......Page 295
5 HIPC Debt Relief Initiative......Page 298
6 Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative......Page 300
7 Poverty Action Fund......Page 302
8 Conclusions......Page 303
1 Introduction......Page 304
2 A note on aid data......Page 305
3 Aid flows to Uganda......Page 308
4 The shift towards budget support......Page 313
5 Integrating donor-funded projects into the MTEF......Page 321
6 Aligning donor aid with the government’s macroeconomic objectives......Page 324
7 Conclusions and lessons......Page 334
1 Introduction......Page 337
2 Evolution of local government......Page 338
3 Financing of local government......Page 342
4 Planning, budgeting, and financial management in local government......Page 350
5 The balance sheet of decentralization......Page 361
6 Conclusion......Page 363
1 Introduction......Page 365
2 Pressures to improve financial management and accountability during the 1990s......Page 366
3 Challenges faced by financial management and accountability systems in the 1990s......Page 368
4 Reforms to the policy framework for public financial management......Page 370
5 Automation of financial management systems......Page 374
6 Overall impact of PFM reforms......Page 379
7 Conclusions......Page 380
1 Introduction......Page 382
2 Parastatal policy from 1987......Page 384
3 Legal framework......Page 387
4 Implementation......Page 389
5 Divestiture proceeds......Page 394
6 Impact of the divestiture programme......Page 396
7 Conclusions......Page 400
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