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Uganda: Government Launches Plan for Economic Recovery Amidst Covid-19

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ramadhan Ggoobi has said the government must rise to the challenge of undoing its old age problem of poor policy implementation.

He made the remarks as the ministry launched an economic growth forum book titled: “Beyond recovery: Policies towards resurgent growth in Uganda, outlining policy options to support the transition from pandemic-induced slowdown to robust economic growth.”

Ggoobi said: “policymakers must take note of proposals contained in this book it provides a roadmap to recovery.”

The book summarises and updates a series of presentations from the ministry’s annual economic growth forum, featuring chapters on trade, education, tourism, agriculture and more.

“As you may be aware, Covid-19 pandemic and the global recession of 2020 brought Uganda’s previous four years of rapid growth to a sudden halt. There was a strain on the health…

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