Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-Building and Development in Africa 2023
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192864963.003.0007
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The Politics of PoEs in Uganda

Sam Hickey,
Badru Bukenya,
Haggai Matsiko

Abstract: 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 p… Show more

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