The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda
While Uganda has a long history of decentralized service delivery, and has instituted Local Economic Development (LED) as an additional mandate for local governments (LGs), there has been less progress in operationalizing the concept and practicall...
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okr-10986-253592021-05-25T08:53:02Z The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda World Bank Group urban development local government competitiveness rural development While Uganda has a long history of decentralized service delivery, and has instituted Local Economic Development (LED) as an additional mandate for local governments (LGs), there has been less progress in operationalizing the concept and practically implementing it across LGs in Uganda. In addition to their basic service delivery functions enshrined in the Local Governments Act of 1997, since 2006 LGs are also mandated by various policy documents to play a role in wealth creation, and increasing citizens’ income levels. While the Government of Uganda (GoU)’s LED Policy does outline the strategic intervention areas that LGs should implement, there is still considerable confusion among LG staff as to what this entails on a day to day basis and there has been limited progress in implementation. At the request of the MoLG, the World Bank, therefore, commissioned this assignment in support of the Government of Uganda (GoU's) efforts to improve the capacities of LGs for promoting LED. The study focused on assessing three localities (Jinja Municipality, and Arua and Nwoya Districts), both in terms of their local economic potentials and enabling environment for business, as well as in terms of the institutional and policy context for promoting LED. The study used quantitative methodologies, to identify promising economic sectors in the three localities, as well as qualitative methodologies to identify the main constraints that those sectors currently face. 2016-11-16T21:18:34Z 2016-11-16T21:18:34Z 2016-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656141478627776529/Uganda-Repositioning-local-governments-for-economic-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25359 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 :: Other Public Sector Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda |
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While Uganda has a long history of
decentralized service delivery, and has instituted Local
Economic Development (LED) as an additional mandate for
local governments (LGs), there has been less progress in
operationalizing the concept and practically implementing it
across LGs in Uganda. In addition to their basic service
delivery functions enshrined in the Local Governments Act of
1997, since 2006 LGs are also mandated by various policy
documents to play a role in wealth creation, and increasing
citizens’ income levels. While the Government of Uganda
(GoU)’s LED Policy does outline the strategic intervention
areas that LGs should implement, there is still considerable
confusion among LG staff as to what this entails on a day to
day basis and there has been limited progress in
implementation. At the request of the MoLG, the World Bank,
therefore, commissioned this assignment in support of the
Government of Uganda (GoU's) efforts to improve the
capacities of LGs for promoting LED. The study focused on
assessing three localities (Jinja Municipality, and Arua and
Nwoya Districts), both in terms of their local economic
potentials and enabling environment for business, as well as
in terms of the institutional and policy context for
promoting LED. The study used quantitative methodologies, to
identify promising economic sectors in the three localities,
as well as qualitative methodologies to identify the main
constraints that those sectors currently face. |
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda |
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda |
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda |
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda |
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda |
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role of local governments in promoting local economic development in uganda |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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