Publication: Uganda : Local Government Development Program
Date
2006-07
ISSN
Published
2006-07
Author(s)
Mohan, P. C.
Abstract
The Uganda Local Government Development
Program, with a credit equivalent to US$80.9 million, was
implemented by the government over the period 2000-2004. The
project was designed to scale up an earlier UN Capital
Development Fund pilot to 30 districts (out of 56) so that
policies and principles could be tested (and costed) on a
larger scale and lessons learned used to develop national
policy formulation within a sound fiscal framework. It had 4
objectives : (1) Test the feasibility of implementing
constitutional and legal mandates with respect to
decentralized service provision and devolution of the
development budget through the provision of investment funds
to the Local Governments; (2) Build the capacity of the
Ministry of Local Government, the Local Government Finance
Commission Secretariat, and a sub-set of the local
governments for improved service delivery, accountability
and transparency; (3) Test and institute alternative service
delivery mechanisms through the private sector, beneficiary
communities and other stakeholders in the Kampala City
Council; (4) Monitor and evaluate project implementation for
actual experience and good practices for formulating an
appropriate strategy, implementation modalities, and phasing
for eventual scaling-up, nationally, over time.
Citation
“Mohan, P. C.. 2006. Uganda : Local Government Development Program. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 126. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/befa465b-a0ff-5e05-a150-55488b1753fe License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”