Institutional and Political Dimensions of Economic Reform

Tumusiime-Mutebile, Emmanuel

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“…The program, agreed upon in 1984 before Museveni's guerrilla movement seized power, was steeped in a socialist outlook that promised an independent, integrated, and self‐sustaining economy (Hitchen, 2016). However, the program was abandoned on the advice of international consultants following its failure to deliver anticipated macroeconomic stability and growth (Tumusiime‐Mutebile, 2010). In 1987, the government embarked on an extensive ERP which sought to restore macroeconomic stability and return the economy to a sustainable economic growth path (Kuteesa et al, 2010).…”

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“…This was reflected in the neglect that was accorded the planning function, with the Ministry progressively focusing on medium‐term budgeting. The establishment of the NPA in 2003 as a semiautonomous entity charged with long‐term planning was intended to correct this anomaly (Tumusiime‐Mutebile, 2010). However, this has not succeeded in bridging coordination gaps between plans and budgets.…”

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“…Uganda endured many years of political unrest, which eroded the tax base and led to high military spending. Between 1980 and 1986, military spending averaged 2.4% of GDP as the country was engaged in successive internal political struggles that led to rising budget deficits, low growth, and high inflation (Tumusiime‐Mutebile, 2010). While a new government came to power in 1986 and restored peace and stability in large parts of the country, a fresh armed conflict started in Northern Uganda and lasted for 20 years until 2006, sustaining the high military spending and leading to economic losses estimated at 3% of GDP (Okidi et al, 2007).…”

Section: The Determinants Of Fiscal Deficits In Uganda: a Reviewmentioning

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“…While a new government came to power in 1986 and restored peace and stability in large parts of the country, a fresh armed conflict started in Northern Uganda and lasted for 20 years until 2006, sustaining the high military spending and leading to economic losses estimated at 3% of GDP (Okidi et al, 2007). The high military expenditures, therefore, have played a key role in explaining the evolution of budget deficits (Tumusiime‐Mutebile, 2010).…”

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Uganda's fiscal policy reforms: What have we learned?

Mawejje

Odhiambo

2021

Public Budgeting & Finance

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This article attempts to provide an exploratory review of policy reforms, trends, and determinants of fiscal deficits in Uganda, a low‐income country that has undertaken many successful economic reforms. Fiscal policy reforms initially sought to stabilize the economy in the post‐crisis period with structural adjustment and economic recovery programs. With the restoration of macroeconomic stability, fiscal objectives shifted to poverty eradication following the promulgation of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan. More recently, a key fiscal policy objective is to unlock key growth and competitiveness constraints with the rolling out of National Development Plans. These reforms achieved much success in the early years, especially in the areas of macroeconomic stabilization and growth because they received support and political goodwill from the highest echelons of government. However, fiscal slippages during more recent years have often threatened to reverse the hard‐earned gains from these reform programs. Consequently, fiscal outcomes have been characterized by revenue shortfalls, budget execution challenges, accumulation of arrears, and rising debt.

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2021

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“…Several studies have pointed to the challenges that arose from the attempt to implement MTBFs and other PSR initiatives in the region. These challenges included multiple accountability, inadequate resource allocation, unreliable flows of external aid, and weak institutional capacity (Economic Commission for Africa, 2003 and2010;Hope, 2012;Schiavo-Campo, 2009;UNDP, 2013;and World Bank, 2006). Similarly, the introduction of MTBFs did not yield sustained improvements in fiscal responsibility or predictable funding over the medium term, contrary to the predictions of the early reformers.…”

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Medium-Term Budget Frameworks in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Allen

Chaponda²,

Fisher³

et al. 2017

IMF Working Papers

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More than 15 years ago, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa embarked on a program of budgetary reform, an important element of which was a medium-term budget framework (MTBF). This working paper focuses on the performance of these frameworks in six countries-Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It assesses the effectiveness of MTBFs in achieving improved fiscal discipline, resource allocation, and certainty of funding, as well as wider economic and social criteria such as poverty reduction and more efficient public investment. In most countries, early successes were not sustained, and budgetary outcomes did not improve, partly for technical reasons, such as poor data and inadequate forecasting methodologies, but also because the reforms were largely supply driven. The paper argues that the development of MTBFs typically falls into four distinct phases. To make the transition from one phase to the next, developing countries should focus on building their capability in macrofiscal forecasting and analysis, and in improving the credibility of the annual budget process.

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The Politics of PoEs in Uganda

Hickey,

Bukenya,

Matsiko

2023

Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-Building and Development in Africa

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Uganda’s impressive level of economic performance over much of the past three decades has often been linked to the performance of certain ‘pockets of effectiveness’ (PoEs), including the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Uganda, and, more unevenly, the Uganda Revenue Authority. The extension of presidential protection to these (and a few other) PoEs has been central to their success, as have been high levels of international support and the appointment of ‘technopols’ to lead these organizations for prolonged periods. These technopols have proven capable of managing both the political and technical aspects of their briefs, with some playing a more prominent role in Uganda’s governance and public life than elected ministers. However, the performance of these organizations has varied considerably over time, with all coming under considerable pressure following the increased dispersal of power from the early 2000s onwards within Uganda’s erstwhile ‘broad-concentrated’ political settlement. This chapter explores how the interplay of political settlement dynamics and organizational leadership shapes public-sector performance in Uganda, and how Uganda’s PoEs have increasingly become entwined with the politics of regime survival, rather than any wider state-building project. This process has been closely shaped by international ideas and pressures, with key PoEs used by President Museveni to signal Uganda’s legitimacy within the neoliberal economic order from the early 1990s. This neoliberalized process of state-building has had a profound impact on Uganda’s development trajectory and left Uganda without the capabilities required to pursue alternative developmental agendas.

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Institutional and Political Dimensions of Economic Reform

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Uganda's fiscal policy reforms: What have we learned?

Uganda's fiscal policy reforms: What have we learned?

Medium-Term Budget Frameworks in Sub-Saharan African Countries

The Politics of PoEs in Uganda

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