An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda

The goal of the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of Uganda is to evaluate the investment climate in Uganda in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector and encourage broad-based economic growth. Sust...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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AIR
ID
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/16597247/assessment-investment-climate-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12249
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spelling okr-10986-122492021-04-23T14:03:05Z An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda World Bank ACCESS TO BANK ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AIR BANK ACCOUNT BANK CREDIT BANK FINANCING BANK LOAN BANKING SECTOR BANKS BINDING CONSTRAINT BORROWING BRANCHES BROKERS BUSINESS LOANS COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMPANY COMPETITORS CONSUMER GOODS CORRUPTION COUNTRY COMPARISONS COUNTRY RISK CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INSTITUTIONS CREDITOR CREDITOR RIGHTS CREDITORS CURRENCY DEBT DEBT CONTRACTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC MARKET EARNINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPANSION EXPORTERS FARES FARMERS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRMS FOREIGN MARKETS FORMAL ECONOMY FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FUEL GLOBAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH INTEREST RATES HIGH TRANSPORTATION HOUSEHOLDS ID INDICATORS OF ACCESS INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LAND REGISTER LARGE ENTERPRISE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES MONETARY FUND MORTGAGE NOMINAL INTEREST RATES OVERDRAFT OVERDRAFTS PERSONAL LOANS PHYSICAL CAPITAL PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY RAIL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINK RED TAPE RETAINED EARNINGS RISK AVERSION ROAD ROADS RULE OF LAW SMALL FIRMS SOURCE OF INFORMATION TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BURDEN TAX LAWS TAX LIABILITY TAX RATE TAX RATES TAXATION TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRIP TRUE URBAN AREAS VEHICLE WAGES WORKING CAPITAL The goal of the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of Uganda is to evaluate the investment climate in Uganda in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector and encourage broad-based economic growth. Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based growth. Growth will only occur, however, if firms improve their productivity by investing in human and physical capital and by increasing their technological capacity. But firms will only do this when the investment climate is favorable. Throughout the report, Uganda's investment climate is compared to the investment climates of three groups of countries: 1) nearby countries in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi); 2) middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that have successfully diversified out of primary production into other sectors (Mauritius, South Africa and Swaziland); and 3) several fast growing countries in East Asia that have also successfully diversified out of primary production into export-oriented manufacturing (China, Malaysia, and Thailand). Finally, infrastructure appears to be a more serious problem for microenterprises than for Small, Medium-sized or Large Enterprise (SMLEs). Although the differences in the number of outages and losses during transportation between registered microenterprises, unregistered microenterprises, and SMLEs were small and statistically insignificant, access does appear to be a more serious problem for microenterprises. 2013-02-05T19:44:02Z 2013-02-05T19:44:02Z 2009-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/16597247/assessment-investment-climate-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12249 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 :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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topic ACCESS TO BANK
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AIR
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK CREDIT
BANK FINANCING
BANK LOAN
BANKING SECTOR
BANKS
BINDING CONSTRAINT
BORROWING
BRANCHES
BROKERS
BUSINESS LOANS
COLLATERAL
COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS
COMPANY
COMPETITORS
CONSUMER GOODS
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
COUNTRY RISK
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
CREDITOR
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CREDITORS
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEBT CONTRACTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC MARKET
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPANSION
EXPORTERS
FARES
FARMERS
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL COST
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FORMAL ECONOMY
FREIGHT
FREIGHT COSTS
FUEL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGH INTEREST RATES
HIGH TRANSPORTATION
HOUSEHOLDS
ID
INDICATORS OF ACCESS
INFLATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATES
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LAND REGISTER
LARGE ENTERPRISE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL SYSTEM
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE
LIVING STANDARDS
LOAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
MICROENTERPRISES
MONETARY FUND
MORTGAGE
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES
OVERDRAFT
OVERDRAFTS
PERSONAL LOANS
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY
RAIL
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL LINK
RED TAPE
RETAINED EARNINGS
RISK AVERSION
ROAD
ROADS
RULE OF LAW
SMALL FIRMS
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX BURDEN
TAX LAWS
TAX LIABILITY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TRIP
TRUE
URBAN AREAS
VEHICLE
WAGES
WORKING CAPITAL
spellingShingle ACCESS TO BANK
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AIR
BANK ACCOUNT
BANK CREDIT
BANK FINANCING
BANK LOAN
BANKING SECTOR
BANKS
BINDING CONSTRAINT
BORROWING
BRANCHES
BROKERS
BUSINESS LOANS
COLLATERAL
COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS
COMPANY
COMPETITORS
CONSUMER GOODS
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
COUNTRY RISK
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
CREDITOR
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CREDITORS
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEBT CONTRACTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC MARKET
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPANSION
EXPORTERS
FARES
FARMERS
FINANCIAL BURDEN
FINANCIAL COST
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FIRMS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FORMAL ECONOMY
FREIGHT
FREIGHT COSTS
FUEL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGH INTEREST RATES
HIGH TRANSPORTATION
HOUSEHOLDS
ID
INDICATORS OF ACCESS
INFLATION
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATES
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LAND REGISTER
LARGE ENTERPRISE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL SYSTEM
LIMITED ACCESS
LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE
LIVING STANDARDS
LOAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
MICROENTERPRISES
MONETARY FUND
MORTGAGE
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES
OVERDRAFT
OVERDRAFTS
PERSONAL LOANS
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY
RAIL
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL LINK
RED TAPE
RETAINED EARNINGS
RISK AVERSION
ROAD
ROADS
RULE OF LAW
SMALL FIRMS
SOURCE OF INFORMATION
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX BURDEN
TAX LAWS
TAX LIABILITY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TRADING
TRANSACTION
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TRIP
TRUE
URBAN AREAS
VEHICLE
WAGES
WORKING CAPITAL
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An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
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description The goal of the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of Uganda is to evaluate the investment climate in Uganda in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector and encourage broad-based economic growth. Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based growth. Growth will only occur, however, if firms improve their productivity by investing in human and physical capital and by increasing their technological capacity. But firms will only do this when the investment climate is favorable. Throughout the report, Uganda's investment climate is compared to the investment climates of three groups of countries: 1) nearby countries in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi); 2) middle-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that have successfully diversified out of primary production into other sectors (Mauritius, South Africa and Swaziland); and 3) several fast growing countries in East Asia that have also successfully diversified out of primary production into export-oriented manufacturing (China, Malaysia, and Thailand). Finally, infrastructure appears to be a more serious problem for microenterprises than for Small, Medium-sized or Large Enterprise (SMLEs). Although the differences in the number of outages and losses during transportation between registered microenterprises, unregistered microenterprises, and SMLEs were small and statistically insignificant, access does appear to be a more serious problem for microenterprises.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
author World Bank
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title An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
title_short An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
title_full An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
title_fullStr An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Uganda
title_sort assessment of the investment climate in uganda
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/16597247/assessment-investment-climate-uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12249
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