Browsing by Author "Lwanga, Musa Mayanja"

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    Absorption and Implementation Constraint to Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP)
    (Economic Plicy Research Centre, 2017) Lakuma, Corti Paul; Lwanga, Musa Mayanja
    Budget execution remains a challenge in Uganda. Weak budget disbursements, back-loaded spending procurement delay, inflexibility in budget execution and fiscal incapacity at local government level highlight ongoing challenges and raise a particular concern over the absorptive capacity and quality of budget implementation. To accelerate budget execution in Uganda, this policy brief suggest policy options that will lead to minimization of budget volatility, improvement in budget institutions, delegation and control, transparency and improving the capacity of local government
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    Challenges of Mobilising Resources to Finance Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP)
    (2017) Lakuma, Corti Paul; Lwanga, Musa Mayanja
    A fall of global commodity prices and the resultant lower export revenues, reduction in donor financing and the increased expenditure on infrastructure have expanded the budget deficit in Uganda. In addition, the debt market is becoming increasingly costly. Interest payment on both domestic and foreign debt are projected to reach 12 percent of total public expenditures in 2017. This calls for alternative modes of revenue mobilisation. As such, Public Private Partnership (PPPs), improving efficiency in resource utilization, taxing growth sectors such as agriculture and mining, improving VAT collection and implementing policy changes to accommodate temporary macroeconomics shocks will be imperative to both mobilizing resources and financing projects planned under the National Development Plan (NDP).
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    A Critical Review of the on Going Public Finance Management Reforms: Are the Reforms Yielding on the Expected Outcomes?
    (Economic Policy Research Centre, 2015) Munyambonera, Ezra; Lwanga, Musa Mayanja
    This policy brief examines the progress and impact of the on-going public finance management reforms undertaken by the MFPED since 2012/13. These reforms include the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA); upgrading the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) and the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPS); improving wage and payroll management, improving budget formulation, implementation, monitoring and reporting; and strengthening budget transparency. The study employed different but complimentary approaches to gather the relevant data and information at central and local government levels. The study findings show that despite some challenges, the reforms are so far yielding positive results in terms of improved accountability, reporting and service delivery. The key reforms have contributed to improved public finance management at different levels of government. These areas include improved public expenditure management through the (TSA), improved accountability and public expenditure use through the IFMS, reduction in ghost workers and the overall wage bill at MDAs and local governments through the IPPS in a decentralised system.
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    Reviving the grappling Education Sector: What can be done?
    (Economic Policy Research Centre, 2017) Lwanga, Musa Mayanja; Ntale, Anita
    This brief looks at the academic landscape in Uganda which is largely characterized by declining attainment and increasing dropout rates despite the government’s increased investment in the education sector. Statistics show that, Uganda attained its highest primary school completion rate of 63 percent in 2002, after which primary school completion rates have steadily fallen to about 56 percent in 2013. The brief points out that high levels of teacher absenteeism, insufficient funding, lack of infrastructure like class rooms, poor supervision and inspection as some of the leading causes of the falling completion rates. We make three recommends, one, reversing the policy that was passed in 2005 compelling schools to promote pupils irrespective of their performance. Two, rethinking the UPE funding that puts the responsibility of financing UPE squarely on the government. This has proved not to be economically viable given other competing priorities like infrastructure development, health, agriculture investment etc. A cost sharing model in which both parents and the government contribute to the funding of primary school education will reduce the funding constraint. With parents contributing to UPE, teachers can be paid a decent salary, more class rooms and other infrastructure can be built which will lead to improvement school outcomes. Three, increasing supervision and Inspection will go a long in curbing teacher absenteeism leading to increased teacher pupil interaction and thus improving learning outcomes.