Uganda's economic reforms : insider accounts / edited by Florence Kuteesa [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-396) and index.

Overview of Ugandan economic reform since 1986 / Alan Whitworth and Tim Williamson -- Institutional and political dimensions of economic reform / Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile -- Exchange rate, fiscal, and monetary policy / Charles Byaruhanga, Mark Henstridge, and Louis Kasekende -- Public service restructuring and pay reform / Mary Goretti Sendyona -- Tax reform / Gerry Cawley and Justin Zake -- Planning and development budget reform, 1990-1995 / Alan Whitworth -- The Poverty Eradication Action Plan / Kenneth Mugambe -- Budget reform and the medium term expenditure framework / Martin Brownbridge, Giulio Federico, and Florence Kuteesa -- Sector wide approach and sector working groups / Ishmael Magona -- Poverty monitoring / Margaret Kakande -- Statistics reform / E.S.K Muwanga-Zake -- Debt management and debt relief / Damoni Kitabire -- Aligning aid with government fiscal objectives / Martin Brownbridge -- Fiscal decentralization / Tim Williamson -- Financial management and accountability reform / Gustavio Bwoch and Robert Muwanga -- Privatization and parastatal reform / Emmanuel Nyirinkindi and Michael Opagi.

In recent years Uganda has consistently been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, leading to a substantial reduction in poverty. This book looks at how the country managed to carry out this economic transformation in the wake of Idi Amin's rule and the civil war of the 1980s.