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Politics & Policy

World Bank approves $150m grant to scale up support for refugees and host communities

The World Bank said it had approved a $150 million grant for Uganda to support a project that improves access to basic social services and expands economic opportunities for refugees and host communities -- and also strengthens watchdog oversight over the project
Congolese refugees queuing up for aid in Bundibugyo district, Uganda
OpinionPolitics & Policy

The World Bank needs to reform and adapt to the changing world order

By nominating an American to head the World Bank, President Trump is continuing an outmoded tradition that does not take into account significant changes in the global distribution of power
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2010
Politics & Policy

Quality of Uganda’s institutions and policies unchanged in 2017 – World Bank

The quality of Ugandan government policies and institutions remained unchanged in 2017, according to the World Bank's annual sub-Saharan country policy and institutional assessment report
The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.
Politics & Policy

Anthony Thompson named as new World Bank Uganda country manager

Anthony Thompson has been appointed as the new country manager of the World Bank in Uganda, replacing Christina Malmberg Calvo whose assignment ended on July 31 2018, according to a statement from the country office
Anthony Thompson, the new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda
Energy, Oil & Gas

Bujagali refinancing lowers tariffs by $1.69 cents — minister

The junior energy minister says last month’s financial closure for debt refinancing of the Bujagali hydropower dam resulted in the reduction of end-user tariffs by 1.69 US cents (Shs62.89), from 9.61 US cents per kilowatt-hour to 7.91 US cents per kWh
Bujagali Hydropower dam
Economy

Investment in agriculture is not matching its output performance – World Bank report

Total factor productivity is the efficiency and utilisation of inputs in production, which means that Uganda has been putting in more than it has got out
Economy

Fix agriculture before oil gets out of the ground – World Bank

Speaking at the launch, the country manager for the World Bank Group in Uganda, Christina Malmberg Calvo said that the government needs to consider the suggested reforms and fix agriculture “before the black gold gets out of the ground.”
Economy

Agriculture is the ‘green gold’ that could transform the economy and the lives of Ugandan farmers

Agriculture is Uganda’s ‘green gold’ that can transform the economy and the lives of farmers. What specific public-sector policies and actions are required to unleash the entrepreneurial energy of Uganda’s largest private sector actors—its farmers?
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Can Uganda collect more taxes? The World Bank thinks so

Uganda collects far less tax revenue than it has the potential to. The World Bank's recently released 11th Economic Update for Uganda looks at areas that are under-taxed or not taxed in which the introduction of new taxes will increase domestic revenue
Economy

Economy expected to expand on better weather and increased public investment

Uganda will experience more growth due to rains that have increased agriculture output, a stronger global outlook, and the development of oil infrastructure as the country prepares for commercial petroleum production, the World Bank said on Tuesday
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