Free Access | 2024-04-12

Absorption and Implementation Constraint to Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP)

Authors/Editors: Corti Paul Lakuma ,  Musa Lwanga

Abstract:

Budget execution remains a challenge in Uganda. Weak budget disbursements, back-loaded spending procurement delay, inflexibility in budget execution and fiscal incapacity at local government level highlight ongoing challenges and raise a particular concern over the absorptive capacity and quality of budget implementation. To accelerate budget execution in Uganda, this policy brief suggest policy options that will lead to minimization of budget volatility, improvement in budget institutions, delegation and control, transparency and improving the capacity of local government