Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank Uganda office has donated Uganda Shillings 57bn (USD 15m) towards the country’s fight to the spread of coronavirus. The money according to Antony Thompson, the World Bank Uganda Country director, will be re-allocated from the Reproductive Maternal and Child Health Services …
Read More »World Bank questions Uganda’s growth with no jobs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has said Uganda should ask hard questions on why the country is growing but not creating enough jobs and people incomes remain stagnant. In the Economic update for Uganda launched on Thursday, the international lender said Uganda’s level of per capita …
Read More »World Bank’s funding to Uganda increases to UGX 7 Trillion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will get at least 7 trillion shillings from the World Bank for the period between 2021 and 2023, officials have said. The money is part of new funding round that the bank has put aside for the developing countries under the International Development Assistance …
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