Uganda in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of Africa's sadder economic stories. Emerging from civil war, it had to embark on reform in the early to mid 1980s from a position of severe political weakness. In this study, the effects of economic policy at the aggregate level are discussed in detail, but "snapshot" empirical analyses of responses at the household level, both urban and rural are also presented. Uganda was for many years considered to be Africa's "worst case", its recent recovery thus provides hope for similar countries in the region.

Product Description: The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank―independent units reporting to their respective institutions' Executive Boards―recently completed parallel evaluations of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Initiative, with particular attention to the role and effectiveness of World Bank and IMF support...read more

Product Description: There is not a single African country that did not attempt public sector reform during the 1990s. Governments no longer see themselves as sole suppliers of social services, frequently opting for partnerships with the private sector...read more

Product Description: In spite of serious external shocks and political destabi-lisation in part of the country, Uganda has remained a good economic performer since the late 1980s, with over a decade of high per capita growth in excess of three per cent...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book is part of a study on future relations between Sweden and Africa and contains a selection of papers which served as background material to the debate at a conference in 1997 with scholars and policymakers from both Africa and Sweden.