Private solutions for infrastructure : Opportunities for Uganda : a country frame work report

Abstract

The Government of Uganda is committed to improving standards of living and public welfare for all Ugandans through sustained programs focused on achieving poverty eradication, rural development and economic growth. The Government recognizes the vital role that extension and improvement of the country's infrastructure has to play in the pursuit of these goal, impacting directly both on quality of life and on the economic environment of the country. Better water, electricity, communications and transport services are essential to Uganda's continuing development. Introducing private investment to the infrastructure sectors lies at the heart of the Government's strategy to achieve this objective, combined with sector restructuring and liberalization. Achieving the benefits that infrastructure development will bring is not simply a matter of investing more money, although much higher levels of investment will undoubtedly be required. It also hinges on ensuring that every shilling that...