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    Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
    Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
    Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
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    Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government

    By Paul Collier and Ritva Reinikka

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    This book consists of series of studies written by a range of specialists who analyze the responses of private sector agents--households, farms, and firms--and of the government of Uganda itself, to the macroeconomic and structural reforms implemented since the late 1980s in a society recovering from a traumatic civil conflict. The importance of this line of inquiry cannot be underestimated because the success or failure of market-oriented reforms depends crucially on just how private sector agents are able to respond to incentives and opportunities created by the reforms. The analysis in this book draws on quantitative data derived from a series of household surveys and from surveys of firms conducted in the 1990s and more recently in 1999/2000. The household surveys permit analysis of the evolution of income, expenditures, and poverty during this period. The impact of reforms on rural factor markets, on crop and livestock production decisions, and on firms ' investment decisions are also among the issues researched in this report. While this report praises Uganda ' s achievements where warranted, it provides an objective assessment of the reforms and does not shy away from identifying areas where policy mistakes were made. It points out where major weaknesses still exist, notably, public sector corruption, the still poor enforcement of contracts, and the deficiencies in the physical infrastructure.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorld Bank Publications
    Release dateFeb 1, 2001
    ISBN9780821346648
    Uganda's Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government
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    Paul Collier

    Paul Collier is the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. He is the author of The Bottom Billion, which won the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Arthur Ross Prize awarded by the Council on Foreign Relations, The Plundered Planet, Exodus and Refuge (with Alexander Betts). Collier has served as Director of the Research Department of the World Bank, and consults with the German and many other governments around the world.

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