Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio

In the past decade, Uganda has made significant progress in reducing poverty and sustaining high economic growth. However, Uganda still faces considerable challenges that include poor infrastructure, weak public service delivery, low levels of huma...

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Main Authors: Parikh, Vismay, Clay, Timothy
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/449781579675545428/Uganda-A-Review-of-the-World-Bank-Jobs-Portfolio
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spelling okr-10986-332252021-05-25T09:31:59Z Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio Parikh, Vismay Clay, Timothy JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS WORLD BANK GROUP PORTFOLIO WORLD BANK LENDING PROJECT RATINGS JOB INDICATORS COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK SYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC In the past decade, Uganda has made significant progress in reducing poverty and sustaining high economic growth. However, Uganda still faces considerable challenges that include poor infrastructure, weak public service delivery, low levels of human capital, and underdeveloped institutions. This note analyzes jobs-related projects in Uganda to identify focus areas and gaps in the portfolio in relation to country priorities mentioned in the World Bank’s country policy framework (CPF). The objective of this exercise is to understand how well the jobs agenda is being implemented through lending operations and the types of targeted jobs outcomes. This note seeks to influence future investments and analytical work in the country and provide a baseline for further analysis on jobs in the World Bank and other donors’ portfolios. 2020-01-23T16:24:35Z 2020-01-23T16:24:35Z 2019-12-31 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/449781579675545428/Uganda-A-Review-of-the-World-Bank-Jobs-Portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33225 English Jobs Working Paper,no. 36; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Uganda
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topic JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS
WORLD BANK GROUP PORTFOLIO
WORLD BANK LENDING
PROJECT RATINGS
JOB INDICATORS
COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK
SYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC
spellingShingle JOB CREATION
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
WORLD BANK GROUP OPERATIONS
WORLD BANK GROUP PORTFOLIO
WORLD BANK LENDING
PROJECT RATINGS
JOB INDICATORS
COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK
SYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC
Parikh, Vismay
Clay, Timothy
Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
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relation Jobs Working Paper,no. 36;
description In the past decade, Uganda has made significant progress in reducing poverty and sustaining high economic growth. However, Uganda still faces considerable challenges that include poor infrastructure, weak public service delivery, low levels of human capital, and underdeveloped institutions. This note analyzes jobs-related projects in Uganda to identify focus areas and gaps in the portfolio in relation to country priorities mentioned in the World Bank’s country policy framework (CPF). The objective of this exercise is to understand how well the jobs agenda is being implemented through lending operations and the types of targeted jobs outcomes. This note seeks to influence future investments and analytical work in the country and provide a baseline for further analysis on jobs in the World Bank and other donors’ portfolios.
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author Parikh, Vismay
Clay, Timothy
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Clay, Timothy
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title Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
title_short Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
title_full Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
title_fullStr Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
title_full_unstemmed Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio
title_sort uganda : a review of the world bank jobs portfolio
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/449781579675545428/Uganda-A-Review-of-the-World-Bank-Jobs-Portfolio
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