Uganda's Economic Reforms Insider Accounts

by Kuteesa, Florence; Tumusiime-Mutebile, Emmanuel; Whitworth, Alan; Williamson, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780199556229
• ISBN10: 0199556229
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Following the fifteen years rule of Idi Amin, war and civil war, the Ugandan economy was in ruins by the time peace was restored in 1986. Since then Uganda has consistently been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, leading to a substantial redu

Author Biography

Florence Kuteesa is a Public Expenditure Management Advisor in the East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centre of the International Monetary Fund, Dar es Salaam. From 1983 to 2004 she worked for the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, rising from the level of Economist to Director Budget. She was a senior manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nairobi from 2005 to 2006. She was a founder member of the Collaborative African Budget Reform Initiative.
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has been Governor of the Bank of Uganda since January 2001. His previous appointments include: Permanent Secretary / Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, 1998 to 2000; Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance, 1996 to 1998; Permanent Secretary / Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, 1992 to 1996; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, 1986 to 1992. While President of the Makerere University Students' Guild he was forced to flee from the Idi Amin regime in 1972, completing his education in the UK. After lecturing at the University of Dar es Salaam he returned to Uganda in 1979, working at State House before joining the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development in 1981.
Alan Whitworth is an economist in the Zambian office of the British Government Department for International Development. He was an adviser in the Ugandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning between 1990 and 1995. As well as working for DFID in the UK, South Africa, and Malawi, he has lectured at Glasgow University and has worked for the governments of Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, and Jamaica. Tim Williamson is an independent economic consultant based in Kampala, and a Research Associate with the Overseas Development Institute, London. He worked at the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development between 1998 and 2002, first as an ODI Fellow, then as an advisor on the Poverty Action Fund and on Fiscal Decentralisation. He continues to work regularly with the Ministry on aspects of budgetary reform and public financial management.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Ugandan Economic Reform since 1986, Alan Whitworth and Tim Williamson2. Institutional and Political Dimensions of Economic Reform, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile3. Exchange Rate, Fiscal, and Monetary Policy, Charles Byaruhanga, Mark Henstridge, and Louis Kasekende4. Public Service Restructuring and Pay Reform, Mary Goretti Sendyona5. Tax Reform, Gerry Cawley and Justin Zake6. Planning and Development Budget Reform, 1990-1995, Alan Whitworth7. The Poverty Eradication Action Plan, Kenneth Mugambe8. Budget Reform and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, Martin Brownbridge, Giulio Federico, and Florence Kuteesa9. Sector Wide Approach and Sector Working Groups, Ishmael Magona10. Poverty Monitoring, Margaret Kakande11. Statistics Reform, E.S.K. Muwanga-Zake12. Debt Management and Debt Relief, Damoni Kitabire13. Aligning Aid with Government Fiscal Objectives, Martin Brownbridge14. Fiscal Decentralisation, Tim Williamson15. Financial Management and Accountability Reform, Gustavio Bwoch and Robert Muwanga16. Privatisation and Parastatal Reform, Emmanuel Nyirinkindi and Michael Opagi