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3. UGANDA at A GLANCE HOME Capital: Kampala Population: 23,985,712 Land Area: 199,710 sq km Highest Point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capit Ethnic Groups: Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batoro 3%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 23% Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX)

5. WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM MODEL SKILLED LABOUR LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3 Skills Training Center 3 Skills Training Center 2 Skills Training Center 1 UNSKILLED LABOUR HIGHLY SKILLED LABOUR University High School SEMI-SKILLED LABOUR LEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3 Lower Secondary School Primary School HOME

6. PRIVATE SECTOR HOME FORMAL TRAINING: PRIVATE PROPRIETORS INDUSTRY NGO NON-FORMAL TRAINING: APPRENTICESHIP

7. GOVERNMENT CLIMATE HOME CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOCUS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION POLITICAL SUPPORT for WFED

8. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS HOME 1.IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE 2.IMPROVED POLITICAL CLIMATE 3.ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT POLICIES 4.LIMITED TECHNOLOGY 5.ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES (AGRICULTURE)

9. HUMAN CAPITAL HOME 1.POPULATION STRUCTURE 2.ABUNDANT HUMAN CAPITAL WITH POOR ATTITUDES 3.FEW TECHNOLOGICALLY SKILLED PEOPLE 4.38% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE, 62% ARE ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE 5.65% LITERATE POPULATION

10. SOCIAL CLIMATE Next 1.RESISTENCE TO INNOVATIONS DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND JOB INSECURITY 2.BELIEF IN EXISTING GOVERNMENT 3.CORRUPTION

11. SOCIAL CLIMATE (continued) HOME 4.EMPHASIS ON GENDER BALANCE 5.INSECURITY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY 6.HIV/AIDS & OTHER HEALTH ISSUES 7.GENDER FOCUS

12. ECONOMIC STATUS HOME Unemployment rate7% GDPAbout $25m (2000) Economic growth6% per annum Labor force 82% in agriculture 5% in industry 13% in services Firm size distribution 80% small scale 15% medium scale 5% large scale