World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2941Uganda needs to focus on improving the effectiveness of its roads investment strategy for rural Uganda and improving the manner in it procures and implements roads contracts at the national level. In recent years the Government of Uganda has shifted the priorities in its national development strategy as there was accumulating evidence that infrastructure deficiencies had become a binding constraint to economic growth and poverty reduction. Consequently the Government of Uganda increased in particular the budget allocation for the road sector substantially as a means to tackle this constraint to growth and poverty reduction: i) by investing in rural roads it aims to facilitate market access for farmers, which will allow them to increase their earnings capacity; and ii) by improving the national roads network, transport cost will be reduced, competitiveness enhanced and additional income generated. However, to ensure the highest economic return for its investment, it is advised to rebalance the way allocations are set for rural roads and to increase absorptive capacity to efficiently utilize the augmented budgetary resources for the national roads sector.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADACCESS ROADSANIMAL TRANSPORTAVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORTAVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT SERVICESBICYCLEBICYCLESBIKESBITUMENBOTTLENECKBOTTLENECKSBRIDGEBUSBUSESCAPACITY BUILDINGCARRYING CAPACITYCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACEMENTCIVIL WARCOMMUNITY ROADSCONSTRAINTCONSTRUCTIONCOST EFFECTIVENESSDEVELOPMENT PROJECTDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISTRICT ROADDISTRICT ROADSEARTH ROADECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENT VEHICLEEFFICIENT VEHICLESEXPENDITURES ON ROADSFEASIBILITY STUDYFEEDER ROADSFIXED COSTSFOOTPATHFOOTPATHSFOREIGN AIDFRAMEWORKFREIGHTFREIGHT FLOWSFUELGRAVELGRAVEL ROADSHAULAGEHIGH TRANSPORTHIGH TRANSPORTATIONHUMAN TRANSPORTIMFIMPACT OF TRANSPORTIMTINCOMEINTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORTINVESTMENT IN ROADSLAND ACQUISITIONLAND PURCHASELAND TAKELAND-TAKELANDSLIDESLOAD FACTORSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLORRYLOW VOLUME ROADSMEANS OF TRANSPORTMEETINGMOBILITYMODE OF TRANSPORTMODE OF TRANSPORTATIONMOTOR VEHICLESMOTORCYCLEMOTORCYCLESNATIONAL ROADSNATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITYNATIONAL TRANSPORTNATIONSNEGOTIATIONSPACK ANIMALPAVEMENTPERIODIC MAINTENANCEPERSONAL MOBILITYPOLICY FORMULATIONPROJECT APPRAISALPROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONPROJECT MANAGEMENTPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONPUBLIC WORKSQUALITY OF TRANSPORTREDUCTION IN TRIP LENGTHREHABILITATIONRESETTLEMENTROADROAD ACCESSROAD AGENCYROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALSROAD DENSITYROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD FUNDROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INVESTMENTROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD PLANNINGROAD PROJECTSROAD QUALITYROAD SAFETYROAD SECTORROAD USERROAD WORKSROADSROUTEROUTESROUTINE MAINTENANCERURAL ACCESSRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ROADRURAL ROADSRURAL TRANSPORTRURAL TRANSPORT INVESTMENTRURAL TRANSPORT INVESTMENTSRURAL TRANSPORT POLICYSANCTIONSSEALINGSECONDARY ROADSSITE INVESTIGATIONSOILSSPEEDSTRATEGIC PLANNINGSTRUCTURESSURFACE TRANSPORTTAXISTERRAINTRACKSTRAFFICTRAFFIC COUNTSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT AUTHORITYTRANSPORT COSTTRANSPORT COST SAVINGSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT INVESTMENTTRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT MODETRANSPORT OPERATIONSTRANSPORT OPERATORSTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT PRICETRANSPORT REQUIREMENTSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRAVEL DISTANCETRIPTRIP LENGTHTRUCK TRANSPORTTRUCKINGTRUCKSTRUNK ROADSVALUE OF TIMEVEHICLEVEHICLE TRANSPORTVEHICLE USEWALKINGWALKING DISTANCEWORLD DEVELOPMENTWorld Bank10.1596/2941