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Improving Revenue Collection and Public Spending can Accelerate Job-creation and Uganda’s Economic Growth
['Africa Press Release']
Zawya.com - All Regional News
Uganda’s economic growth continues to be strong, with real gross domestic product (GDP) accelerating from 6.1% to 6.8% in the nine months from July 2024 to March 2025.
A new World Bank report shows that this good performance was driven by agriculture, manufacturing, construction, plus household and government consumption.
The report projects a positive medium-term outlook, with growth accelerating to 10.4% in FY2026/2027 as oil production begins before stabilizing around 6%.
Other risks include softening of global oil prices from lower demand or increased supply, global supply chain disruptions due to conflict in the Middle East, global economic policy uncertainty, climate shocks, and slower-than-expected implementation of reforms that include the domestic revenue mobilization strategy.
The policy reforms suggested in this report are intended to broaden the tax base, reduce tax expenditures, and improve progressivity and equity of the tax system.