Economic Development In Uganda

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1. Major Problems of Ugandan Economic Development

Uganda is an underdeveloped and dependant country with an unsteady economic foundation. Among the most densely populated rural areas in Africa, Uganda’s southwest represents 23% of the country’s surface area and sustains roughly 28 percent of Uganda’s 22 million people. High population densities and a population growth rate of 3.5% pose acute problems to a fragile environment that is already severely degraded. Productivity is low, and economic opportunities other than survival farming are scarce. Uganda’s current economic instability is largely attributed to;

i) Very low economic performance proved by its low standards of living, poor social infrastructures, inadequate industrial production, low level of imports and exports, inadequate internal and external investments and bad management of public resources.

ii) Internal and external conflicts include causing displacement of populations, devastation of natural resources, disorganization of public services, widespread diseases and famine.

iii) Political instability; such as repression, corruption, breakdown of governing systems and rebellion.

Efforts to bring about development have produced only insignificant results. Ugandan foreign debt continues to increase while investments are decreasing, and levels of human deprivation continually growing.

2. Causes of Developmental Problems


No change can occur without addressing the main causes of Uganda’s current situation. One principal cause explaining this problem is poor leadership. The development challenges faced by Uganda call for a qualitative leadership.
But given its importance and urgency, it is public sector leadership which is the
main focus. Uganda needs political leaders and a government without corruption that will ensure equity and inclusion among the citizens of Uganda, and it must have appropriate responses to globalization.
Other major ca...