Uganda: Growing Out of PovertyKapil Kapoor World Bank Publications, 01/01/1993 - 197 من الصفحات The technologies of information and communications and their application are becoming central issues for all governments trying to achieve long-run growth and international competitiveness. This country study provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of informatics in economic development and examines Turkey's efforts to develop its capacity in those areas. During the 1980s, Turkey laid the foundation for its transition to an information-based economy by liberalizing finance and investment regulations and by reducing barriers to competition. Tariffs on computer equipment were slashed, and the government embarked on a program of investment in the communications system. Investors responded, particularly in the finance and travel sectors and in select operations of large corporations. But the largest consumer of these technologies is still the Turkish government. And gains in productivity expected from modernization have not yet been widely evident. This study says that the most effective policy to promote an information-based economy is a commitment to open competitive markets. The major factor in that commitment is building up an educated workforce. Although Turkey's performance in this area is better than most developing countries', this report contends it needs to do more to meet its goal of full participation in the new era of informatics. The study contains cross-country comparative data throughout the book and in annexes. |
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... continuing analysis by the Bank of the economic and related conditions of its developing member countries and of its dialogues with the governments . Some of the reports are published in this series with the least possible delay for the ...
... continuing analysis by the Bank of the economic and related conditions of its developing member countries and of its dialogues with the governments . Some of the reports are published in this series with the least possible delay for the ...
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... continues to be a serious problem , this report suggests that there is some evidence that , as a result of the ... continue implementing the set of policies which will augment the country's human capital and enable its citizens to ...
... continues to be a serious problem , this report suggests that there is some evidence that , as a result of the ... continue implementing the set of policies which will augment the country's human capital and enable its citizens to ...
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... continuing challenge for the Government . Since 1990 , the Government has embarked upon a concerted program aimed at mobilizing incremental revenues and controlling expenditures . The tax and tariff regime has been rationalized , the ...
... continuing challenge for the Government . Since 1990 , the Government has embarked upon a concerted program aimed at mobilizing incremental revenues and controlling expenditures . The tax and tariff regime has been rationalized , the ...
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... continues to do poorly in each of these three areas . Inflation continues to be high and savings and investment continue to be low as do rates of literacy and numeracy . The key to achieving macroeconomic stability is to get firm ...
... continues to do poorly in each of these three areas . Inflation continues to be high and savings and investment continue to be low as do rates of literacy and numeracy . The key to achieving macroeconomic stability is to get firm ...
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... continue to be constrained due to the absence of a large and mobile rural labor force . This is not by itself a ... continues to be free of tuition , often with access to additional subsidies . 41. AIDS . The effects of the AIDS pandemic ...
... continue to be constrained due to the absence of a large and mobile rural labor force . This is not by itself a ... continues to be free of tuition , often with access to additional subsidies . 41. AIDS . The effects of the AIDS pandemic ...
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activities adjustment agricultural sector AIDS average Bank of Uganda Botswana Bushenyi capita cash crops cassava civil coffee constraints cotton countries decline District domestic donors earnings economic growth estimated exchange rate export crops farmers farmgate feeder roads female Finance food crops formal sector funds gender Government of Uganda growth rate household farming impact implemented important improved income increase industry inflation informal sector infrastructure investment Kampala Karamoja Kasese Kenya Kitgum labor force labor market land macroeconomic maize matoke Mbale MFEP Ministry National NGOs output percent of GDP policies poor population poverty in Uganda poverty line poverty reduction primary education priority production projects public sector reducing poverty relative Report result revenue role rural areas sector employment share social services Soroti Source strategy Table tons tons/ha Total Ugandan shilling UNICEF wage women workers World Bank yields
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الصفحة 91 - Report has stressed even more its potential contribution to reducing absolute poverty. • Growth and poverty reduction. Growth is vital to reducing all aspects of absolute poverty— malnutrition, ill health and illiteracy, as well as low income— especially in the poorest countries. But growth unaccompanied by other measures may neither boost the incomes of the poor much, nor lead to much progress on nonincome aspects of poverty. On both counts, human development programs have a part to play.
الصفحة 43 - the countries that have been most successful in attacking poverty have encouraged a pattern of growth that makes efficient use of labor and have invested in the human capital of the poor.
الصفحة 9 - ... men and women play different roles, have different needs, and face different constraints on a number of different levels.
الصفحة xiii - Calculated from data for Household Budget Survey 1989/90 conducted by the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning consisting of a stratified sample of 4,500 households across Uganda, except for eight districts in the North and East which were not sampled due to insecurity. Expenditures were calculated adding the value of purchased goods and the estimated value (at market prices) of the goods consumed out of own production. households has been obscured by the inclination...
الصفحة 109 - Program for the Alleviation of Poverty and the Social Costs of Adjustment (PAPSCA...
الصفحة 73 - Analysis on the link between labor markets and poverty shows that the countries that have succeeded in reducing poverty over the long term have encouraged broadly based rural development and urban employment, thereby increasing the returns to small farm production and wage labor. Successful...
الصفحة xi - ... funds. Extremely low pay for government employees is a factor in poor civil service productivity, and public expenditure decisions are made without systematic review of ongoing programs or a thorough accounting for the resources used. Poverty Uganda has a per capita income under $220. At independence in 1962 Uganda had one of the most vigorous and promising economies in Sub-Saharan Africa and the years following independence amply demonstrated this economic potential. Uganda's social indicators...
الصفحة xi - ... ongoing programs or a thorough accounting for the resources used. Poverty Uganda has a per capita income under $220. At independence in 1962 Uganda had one of the most vigorous and promising economies in Sub-Saharan Africa and the years following independence amply demonstrated this economic potential. Uganda's social indicators were comparable to, if not better than, most countries in Africa. The country's health service had developed into one of Africa's best and pioneered many low-cost health...
الصفحة 2 - They are fond of him but he is not dependable because he drinks excessively. The children are rarely at home. They have made themselves indispensable by helping with the funeral rites of their community. The three elder children take turns in sleeping at wakes to keep company with the relatives of the deceased, while during the day they all go to help with the additional household chores associated with the presence of visitors.
الصفحة 2 - The children have a small plot measuring 20 by 30 metres on which they grow some tomatoes and onions. These they sell to generate income. For food they maintain a small patch of bananas and they also grow beans and potatoes. As soon as their parents died, they dropped out of school because there was no money. The only relative they know is a maternal uncle who lives in another country.