Growing but not transforming: Fragmented ruling coalitions and economic developments in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorMette Kjær, Anne
dc.contributor.authorKatusiimeh, Mesharch
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T17:45:18Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T17:45:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractWhen the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and its leader, Yoweri Museveni, came to power, they had an explicit agenda of industrializing the economy (Kjær and Muhumuza, 2009). Improved infrastructure and increased production and productivity were the focus. Indeed, Uganda enjoyed a period of sustained economic growth of about 7 percent annually between 1990 and 2006 (Piron and Norton, 2004; Kjær and Muhumuza, 2009), made possible by a stable ruling coalition, macro-economic stability, low inflation (until recently), and relative peace. Poverty declined from 56 percent in 1991 to 25 percent in 20101 However, there has been limited structural transformation in terms of a shift from agriculture to industry. A number of explanations for this could be put forward, whether institutional, policy-oriented or geographical (Selassie, 2008; van de Walle, 2001). None of them, however, explains fully how Uganda, in spite of an initially highly dedicated ruling elite, did not succeed in transforming its economy. For example, Uganda is a landlocked country, but so is Zimbabwe, which is far more industrialized. Similarly, while Uganda certainly has weak institutions, so did other countries that have succeeded in industrializing (Selassie, 2008).en_US
dc.identifier.citationKjær, A. M., & Katusiimeh, M. (2012). Growing but not transforming: Fragmented ruling coalitions and economic developments in Uganda (No. 2012: 07). DIIS working paper.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep13367.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7596
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDIISen_US
dc.subjectGrowingen_US
dc.subjectTransformingen_US
dc.subjectCoalitionsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic developmentsen_US
dc.titleGrowing but not transforming: Fragmented ruling coalitions and economic developments in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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