1. How do PPDs relate to Clusters and Competitiveness
By: Professor Maggie Kigozi, Executive Director, UIA
Secretary, Uganda Presidential Investor Round Table (PIRT)
2009 Public-Private Dialogue International Workshop
Vienna, Austria
April 28-30, 2009
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2. UGANDA
Vision 2025
“ Prosperous People, Harmonious Nation, Beautiful Country.”
Poverty Reduction Strategy Country Paper (PRSCP)
Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP)
Target: By 2017 Poverty will have been reduced to less than 10%
Private Sector Led Economy
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3. UIA – VISION AND MISSION
“Make Uganda the leading Investment destination”.
MISSION
“Promote and facilitate investment projects, provide serviced land, and advocate for a competitive business environment”.
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4. CONSTRAINTS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
2005
Exchange Rates
Corruption
Interest Rates
Inflation
VAT
Income Tax
Customs Duty
Tax Policy
Availability of Power
Corporate Tax
2004
Cost of Finance
Macroecon. Inst
Corruption
Electricity
Tax Admin.
Tax Rats
Anti-competition
Skills-Workers
Customs & regu
Theft & disorder
Land access
Labour regulation
Licence/permits
1996
Electricity
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Cost of Finance
Access to Finance
Utilities
Bureaucracy/ Corruption
2001
Access to Finance
Tax Admin.
Bureaucracy/ Corruption
Transport
Tax Policy
Lack of Incentives
GOU Discriminatory Interventions
Sources: UIA Investor Surveys, FIAS Report Investment Climate Assessment Uganda 2004 & FPC Survey 2005
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5. UGANDA PRESIDENTIAL INVESTOR ROUND TABLE
Chairman – H.E Y.K Museveni
22 Private Sector Members(11 Local, 11 Foreign)
Secretariat – UIA,PSFU and Min. of Finance
In attendance – relevant Ministers, World Bank, IMF, IFC
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6. PIRT STRUCTURE
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7. PIRT (Con’d) 2004 – 2006 Regulatory Reform Infrastructure Agriculture
ICT
Education
2007 – 2009
Business Climate
Tourism
Agribusiness
BPO
Mining/Petroleum
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8. MATRIX EXAMPLE - ICT Obstacle: Access to better and quicker services
Recommendations
Actions taken
Outstanding issues
Responsible Ministry/Agency
Improve International Access options
Ministry of ICT (MoICT) set up the Uganda Broadband Infrastructure Strategy Team (UBIST) to study and provide an independent evaluation on the optimum utilisation of the available options:
East African Submarine Cable System (EASSY) by a consortium of operators with the region
The East African Marine System (TEAMS) by the Kenyan Government
SEACOM by a group of Americans investors and the Agha Khan
UhuruNet, an initiative of the NEPAD
UBIST report is ready and recommendations are to be forwarded to Cabinet by 28th-Feb-2009
Beginning of the Second National Backbone infrastructure construction
MoICT
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9. SOME ACHIEVEMENTS ICT Ministry set up ICT Infrastructure in place
ICT BPO Strategy
Tourism Infrastructure prioritised
Education
Vocational colleges countrywide
Incentives for Agriculture
Energy Provision
Relevant Skills - Geology Inst., Tourism, Nursing, Research, Agriculture
National ID
Pension Sector Reform
Credit Reference Bureau
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10. ICT CLUSTER Policy, Laws Regulators
Investment Promotion – One Stop Shop, Funding
Skills – University, Schools
Mobile – Licenses?
Infrastructure –VSAT, Fibre Optic, Submarine Cable
Private Sector Investment
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11. Success Story – ICT Indicators
PERIOD
Dec 2002
Dec 2004
June 2008
Fixed Telephone Lines
59,472
82,495
166,552
Mobile Cellular Subs
505,627
1,165,000
6,374,506
Internet/ Subs
6,500
8,000
17,000
Mobile Cellular Operators 3 6
VSAT International Gateways 8 10
Internet services Providers 17 18 20
Private FM Radio Stations
117
148
200
Tele-density 2 5
20.6
Courier Services Providers 11 19
Pay Phones
3,200
4,634
37,595
Private TV Stations 22 31 44
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13. Some New Multinationals 2007/8
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14. FDI Inflows
Source: Bank of Uganda, Balance of Payments 2007/08
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15. Revenue Collections (1991/2 to 2007/08)
Source: Uganda Revenue Authority
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16. Poverty Reduction Vs Millennium Development Goals
Source: MFPED
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17. Competitiveness – Doing Business Report Research and Science
PIRT
Transport/Logistics
Competitiveness – Doing Business Report
Research and Science
Agricultural Sectors – Cotton, Fisheries
Petroleum/Mining
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18. Uganda Investment Authority
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P.O. Box 7418, Kampala
Uganda
Tel.+256-(0)
Fax +256-(0)
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