Uganda Economic Update, 13th Edition, May 2019 : Economic Development and Human Capital in Uganda - A Case for Investing More in Education
The World Bank’s analysis of cross-country data on human capital indicates that Uganda is underinvesting in the future productivity of its citizens. A child born in Uganda today will onlybe 38 percent as productive when she grows up as she could be...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/925741559163051034/Economic-Development-and-Human-Capital-in-Uganda-A-Case-for-Investing-More-in-Education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31751 |
| Summary: | The World Bank’s analysis of
cross-country data on human capital indicates that Uganda is
underinvesting in the future productivity of its citizens. A
child born in Uganda today will onlybe 38 percent as
productive when she grows up as she could be if she enjoyed
complete education and full health. Uganda is ranked among
the countries in the lowest quartile of the Human Capital
Index (HCI) distribution, with an index slightly lower than
the average for the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region, and
below what would be predicted by its income level. Uganda’s
low ranking in the HCI is mainly due to the country’s low
education outcomes. A child born today in Uganda is expected
to complete only 7 years of education by age 18, compared to
a regional average of 8.1. Because of the low levels of
learning achievement in Uganda, this is only equivalent to
4.5 years of learning, with 2.5 years considered as “lost”
due to poor quality of education (as shown by
thequality-adjusted years of schooling component of the
HCI). Uganda’s score on this componentis the lowest amongst
the comparator countries and below the SSA average. |
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