## Uganda: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 7, 2019_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 7, 2019
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498313674.002

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### Overview
- The paper examines how to promote employment in Uganda and discusses key stylized facts including labor market challenges, an overview of the labor market, and employment characteristics.
- Literature on determinants of employment in Uganda is largely based on economic reports and qualitative studies.
- Uganda has implemented social programs targeting employment creation for youth and women, aiming to enable private-sector job creation and build skills and requisite knowledge for employability.

### Key findings
- Existing social programs are positive initiatives to address labor market issues but have limited coverage.
- Funding constraints are identified as one of the main challenges limiting program coverage.
- Creating quality jobs requires comprehensive policies to:
  - Promote headline growth.
  - Ensure inclusive growth.
  - Improve education.
  - Address challenges related to gender and youth.

### Policy recommendations and priorities
- Implement comprehensive policies that combine macroeconomic growth promotion with measures to ensure inclusivity.
- Expand and better fund social programs aimed at youth and women to increase coverage and effectiveness.
- Strengthen education and skills development to improve employability of youth and women.
- Create an enabling environment for the private sector to generate quality jobs.

### Employment program characteristics and limitations
- Programs focus on providing enabling conditions for private-sector job creation and on building skills and knowledge for employability.
- Coverage of these programs remains limited.
- Funding constraints are a primary impediment to scaling these initiatives.

*Source: Uganda: Selected Issues (IMF Staff Country Reports No. 2019/126, May 7, 2019).*

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- **Uganda: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 19/126; April 16, 2019**
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