The Political Economy of Resource Mobilization for Social Development in Uganda

Anne Mette Kjær () and Marianne S. Ulriksen ()
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Anne Mette Kjær: University of Aarhus
Marianne S. Ulriksen: University of Southern Denmark

Chapter 11 in The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development, 2020, pp 339-370 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses how political economy factors affect revenue raising and social spending priorities in Uganda. The authors employ a theoretical framework based on the political settlement approach and fiscal contract theory, focusing on three arenas of revenue bargaining: tax reform legislation, the performance of revenue agencies, and social policy making. The chapter discusses the challenges to mobilizing resources for social development in Uganda. Revenue bargaining with citizens is limited, and hence compliance is low. On the spending side, social development concerns compete not only with other legitimate public policy areas for limited resources, but also with the allocation of resources for political purposes. These conditions make for a weak fiscal contract between the Ugandan state and Ugandan citizens.

Keywords: Domestic revenue; Fiscal contract; Uganda; Social policy; Political settlement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37595-9_11

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