Tag Archives: World Bank

By Julius Odeke With the continued amount of pressure from donors over the theft of over Shs20bn from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) World Bank is considering slashing aid to the Kampala government. “The World Bank Group is concerned about recent allegations of misuse of public funds in …

By Ronald Musoke World Bank, experts want shift in strategy In the week leading up to Uganda’s golden jubilee celebrations, President Yoweri Museveni made several optimistic speeches, the most vivid being a public lecture he delivered on Oct. 2 with the theme “A 50-year journey since independence (1962-2012): A good …

By Ronald Musoke The World Bank director of human development for the Africa region, Ritva Reinikka, has stressed the importance of Uganda and her peers in Africa to put an equal emphasis on human capital development just like they have been doing with infrastructure if they are to transition to …

By Haggai Matsiko BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala The World Bank has come under attack after a new report has exposed how commercial projects funded by the Bank are causing poverty, human rights violations in Uganda sparking a barrage of criticisms. Ironically, the …

By Jeffrey D. Sachs Kim combines professional expertise, global experience, and management know-how Last month, I called for the World Bank to be led by a global development leader rather than a banker or political insider. “The Bank needs an accomplished professional who is ready to tackle the great challenges …

By independent team Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice-president, World Bank’s Africa Region on June 11 spoke to BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sucker. Excerpts from the interview: The World Bank has a big relationship with Uganda. Museveni, the President of Uganda just won a big election in February. The African Union observers who were …

By independent team If you do not open up space for citizen participation, you basically are sowing the seed for the destabilisation The World Bank has been criticised for its continued support to Uganda which it describes in its current report as “one of the few durable success stories in …

By Patrick Kagenda On the Aug 12 Robert Zoellick the President of the World Bank visited three great lakes countries, DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Kundhavi Kadiresan, the World Bank Country Manager for Uganda, about the visit and the World Bank projects in the country. …

By Patrick Kagenda Economic growth drops to 2.4%, 700,000 could die Africa may have been an innocent bystander when the global financial crisis was hatched in the developed nations but they stand to suffer most according to the latest World Bank forecasts. The queen of African economic gloom, Obiageli K. …

By Patrick Kagenda Central Bank Governor Tumusime Mutebile called it “the most innovative thinking in development literature in 30 years” but the 2009 World Development Report has sparked strong opposition among Uganda’s economic experts. They disagree on answers to two fundamental questions posed by the report: Whether the growing concentrations …