After a destructive civil war andextreme political instability, Uganda began itsreconstruction process in 1987. Within the enablingenvironment of macroeconomic stability, most of the progresson the twin goals was attributable to higher agriculturalincomes. Poverty reduction among households primarilyengaged in agriculture accounted for 53 percent of thereduction in poverty from 2006 to 2010 and 77 percent of thereduction in poverty from 2010 to 2013. Despite significantprogress on the twin goals, vulnerability to poverty inUganda is high and the sparse social safety nets and limitedaccess to finance have provided little protection. Change ineconomic and social policies is required to prevent aslowdown in poverty reduction and an increase invulnerability. In this context, a comprehensive frameworkbased on the three interrelated blocks of growth, inclusion,and sustainability has been used to identify the challengesto and opportunities for ending poverty and boosting sharedprosperity. The first block emphasizes the development of acompetitive and resilient private sector to lead the growthprocess by adequately capitalizing on all the availableopportunities. The second block, complementary to the firstone, reinforces the need to ensure a fair distribution ofthe growth dividend across all Ugandans, especially thoseliving in the north and the east, by providing them withaccess to social and infrastructure services so that theycan increase their productive capacity and income generatingopportunities. The third block emphasizes the need toundertake the inclusive growth process in a fiscally,socially, and environmentally sustainable manner.
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