Publication: Tackling the Demographic Challenge in Uganda
Date
2020-10-20
ISSN
Published
2020-10-20
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
At the moment, a child born in Uganda
will be only 38 percent as productive when she grows up as
she can be if she enjoyed complete education and full
health, according to the human capital index (HCI) one of
the lowest levels in the world. It will be necessary to
ensure that the growing population bulge will be engaged in
productive economic activities that are adding value to
economy. This report examines what it will take for Uganda
to tackle the demographic challenge in the next four
decades. The report also explores the effort required to
ensure that future generations of Ugandans enjoy higher
levels of access to basic services, a necessary condition to
fully benefit from a demographic transition. The main
objective of the report is to inform policymakers and
relevant stakeholders in Uganda as they formulate their
plans for the medium term. The report is organized as
follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two
characterizes Uganda’s progress in terms of its demographic
transition, describes its most recent demographic trends,
and shows some correlates of the country’s fertility levels.
The population projections under the medium and
low-fertility variants for the period 2020-2060 are
presented in chapter three, while chapter four explores the
implications in terms of service delivery of these
projections under the business as usual and enhanced
equilibrium scenarios. Based on these same projections,
chapter five presents the expected trends of select labor
market and poverty indicators.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Tackling the Demographic Challenge in Uganda; Tackling the Demographic Challenge in Uganda. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34676 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”