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How do PPDs relate to Clusters and Competitiveness

Explore how Public-Private Dialogues (PPDs) in Uganda relate to clusters, competitiveness, and poverty reduction strategies. Learn about Uganda's Investment Authority's vision, constraints, achievements, and success stories in various sectors.

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How do PPDs relate to Clusters and Competitiveness

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  1. How do PPDs relate to Clusters and Competitiveness By: Professor Maggie Kigozi, Executive Director, UIA Secretary, Uganda Presidential Investor Round Table (PIRT) 2009 Public-Private Dialogue International Workshop Vienna, Austria April 28-30, 2009 Uganda Investment Authority

  2. UGANDA • Vision 2025 “ Prosperous People, Harmonious Nation, Beautiful Country.” • Poverty Reduction Strategy Country Paper (PRSCP) • Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) Target: By 2017 Poverty will have been reduced to less than 10% • Private Sector Led Economy Uganda Investment Authority

  3. UIA – VISION AND MISSION • VISION “Make Uganda the leading Investment destination”. • MISSION “Promote and facilitate investment projects, provide serviced land, and advocate for a competitive business environment”. Uganda Investment Authority

  4. CONSTRAINTS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR • 2005 • Exchange Rates • Corruption • Interest Rates • Inflation • VAT • Income Tax • Customs Duty • Tax Policy • Availability of Power • Corporate Tax • 2004 • Cost of Finance • Macroecon. Inst • Corruption • Electricity • Tax Admin. • Tax Rats • Anti-competition • Skills-Workers • Customs & regu • Theft & disorder • Land access • Labour regulation • Licence/permits • 1996 • Electricity • Tax Policy • Tax Administration • Cost of Finance • Access to Finance • Utilities • Bureaucracy/ Corruption • 2001 • Access to Finance • Tax Admin. • Bureaucracy/ Corruption • Transport • Tax Policy • Lack of Incentives • GOU Discriminatory Interventions Sources: UIA Investor Surveys, FIAS Report 2003 Investment Climate Assessment Uganda 2004 & FPC Survey 2005 Uganda Investment Authority

  5. UGANDA PRESIDENTIAL INVESTOR ROUND TABLE • Chairman – H.E Y.K Museveni • 22 Private Sector Members(11 Local, 11 Foreign) • Secretariat – UIA,PSFU and Min. of Finance • In attendance – relevant Ministers, World Bank, IMF, IFC Uganda Investment Authority

  6. PIRT STRUCTURE Uganda Investment Authority

  7. 2004 – 2006 Regulatory Reform Infrastructure Agriculture ICT Education 2007 – 2009 Business Climate Tourism Agribusiness BPO Mining/Petroleum PIRT (Con’d) Uganda Investment Authority

  8. MATRIX EXAMPLE - ICT Uganda Investment Authority

  9. SOME ACHIEVEMENTS • ICT Ministry set up • ICT Infrastructure in place • ICT BPO Strategy • Tourism Infrastructure prioritised • Education • Vocational colleges countrywide • Incentives for Agriculture • Energy Provision • Relevant Skills - Geology Inst., Tourism, Nursing, Research, Agriculture • National ID • Pension Sector Reform • Credit Reference Bureau Uganda Investment Authority

  10. ICT CLUSTER • Policy, Laws • Regulators • Investment Promotion – One Stop Shop, Funding • Skills – University, Schools • Mobile – Licenses? • Infrastructure –VSAT, Fibre Optic, Submarine Cable • Private Sector Investment Uganda Investment Authority

  11. Success Story – ICT Indicators Uganda Investment Authority

  12. Uganda Investment Authority

  13. Some New Multinationals 2007/8 Uganda Investment Authority

  14. FDI Inflows 2000 - 2007 Source: Bank of Uganda, Balance of Payments 2007/08 Uganda Investment Authority

  15. Revenue Collections (1991/2 to 2007/08) Source: Uganda Revenue Authority Uganda Investment Authority

  16. Poverty Reduction Vs Millennium Development Goals Source: MFPED Uganda Investment Authority

  17. PIRT 2009 - 2011 • Transport/Logistics • Competitiveness – Doing Business Report • Research and Science • Agricultural Sectors – Cotton, Fisheries • Petroleum/Mining Uganda Investment Authority

  18. Uganda Investment Authority Twed Plaza - Plot 22B, Lumumba Avenue P.O. Box 7418, Kampala Uganda Tel.+256-(0)414-30-10-00 Fax +256-(0)414-34-29-03 www.ugandainvest.com info@ugandainvest.com Uganda Investment Authority

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