World Bank2013-03-122013-03-122012-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12655At an average above 6.0 percent per year over the past two decades, Uganda' s growth rate was impressive by all standards. In parallel, poverty declined significantly, not only in urban areas, but also to some extent within the rural areas. This combination was possible because the key drivers of growth were labor-intensive services sectors, some of which are agriculture based. In fact, Uganda's growth process has reduced overall poverty faster than what has been observed in many other developing countries. This report addresses the issue from a double perspective: sectoral and geographical. From a sectoral perspective, it concludes that the agricultural sector needs transformation because it remains the primary employer; it is the country's main comparative advantage and bedrock for industrialization. More broadly, identifying sectors with potential will be important for employment opportunities, which in turn will be largely dependent on productivity levels and thus on the level of education and skills of the labor force. From a geographical perspective, transformation generally yields a concentration of economic activities that leaves some locations lagging in prosperity. This unbalanced growth needs to be supported with appropriate economic integration policies that have been analyzed in the report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO MARKETSAGGREGATE INCOMEAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SERVICESAGRICULTURAL SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL YIELDSAGRICULTUREANNUAL GROWTHAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE INCOME LEVELBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBONDSCAPACITY-BUILDINGCAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMSCAPITAL ACCOUNTCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCASH CROPSCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL REGIONCENTRAL REGIONSCHRONIC POVERTYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONFLICTCONSUMPTION BASKETCONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACROP PRODUCTIONDATA ISSUESDECLINE IN POVERTYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDISADVANTAGED AREASDIVERSIFICATIONDIVIDENDSDOMESTIC PRICESDROUGHTECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELASTICITYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT STATUSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXCHANGE RATEEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT MARKETSEXPORTSEXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIESEXTREME POVERTYFARM INCOMEFARM SIZEFARM-GATEFARMERFARMERSFARMING ACTIVITIESFINANCIAL SECTORFIXED COSTSFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CROPSFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESFOOD STAPLESGDPGINI INDEXGLOBAL CONDITIONSGLOBAL ECONOMYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH FRONTGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEAD COUNT INDEXHIGH GROWTHHIGH POVERTYHIGHER INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL FORMATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GENERATIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINCREASING INEQUALITYINDUSTRIALIZATIONINEQUALITYINEQUALITY LEVELSINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEINVESTMENT CLIMATEIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND MANAGEMENTLAND OWNERSHIPLAND PRICESLAND REFORMSLAND RIGHTSLAND TENURELAND TITLINGLIQUIDITYLIVING STANDARDSMEASURING POVERTYMEDIUM TERMNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENDPNEGATIVE EFFECTNEGATIVE IMPACTNONFARM INCOMEOUTPUT GROWTHPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOME LEVELSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY DECLINEPOVERTY ERADICATIONPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY HEADPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEREDUCED POVERTYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREFORM PROGRAMREGIONAL COORDINATIONREGIONAL DEMANDREGIONAL INEQUALITYREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL LOGISTICSREGIONAL TRANSPORTRELATIVE PRICESRISING DEMANDRISK MANAGEMENTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL FINANCERURAL ROADSSAVINGSSCHOOLINGSMALL FARMERSSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSPATIAL ANALYSISSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSYSTEMS ANALYSISTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRANSITION PROCESSUNEMPLOYMENTUNSKILLED LABORURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN POVERTYURBAN WORKERSVETERINARY SERVICESWAGESWARWELFARE MEASUREWorld Bank10.1596/12655