Private Solutions for Infrastructure: Opportunities for Uganda

Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

No 13967 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This Country Framework Report for Uganda, is part of a series focused on achieving poverty eradication, rural development, and economic growth through sustained infrastructure programs. Introducing private investment to the infrastructure sectors, lies at the heart of the Government's strategy to achieve combined sector restructuring, and liberalization. To this end, infrastructure development must be responsive to economic, and social needs, based on clear planning, and policy coordination. The report prioritizes on exploiting all beneficial options for private sector involvement, paying close attention to the development of effective incentive frameworks. Moreover, subsidy and donor funding mechanisms should be introduced to support poverty alleviation in the context of reform, while measures should be taken to ensure capacity is available to execute the reform program effectively, and provide for its coordination to maximize economic development. There should be a strong bias toward sector liberalization, except where this would result in significant loss of economies of scale, or scope, and, the establishment of an overall regulatory environment, attractive to private sector participation should be a critical priority, while protecting the interests of consumers.

Keywords: Banks and Banking Reform Environmental Economics and Policies Health Economics and Finance Public Sector Economics and Finance Urban Development-Urban Services to the Poor Health; Nutrition and Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-07
ISBN: 0-8213-4956-2
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