Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships : Disclosure Diagnostic Report - Uganda

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS;    TRANSPARENCY;    DISCLOSURE;   

RP-ID  :  150005

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Between December 2017 and April 2018, ajoint Government of Uganda and World Bank team conducted astudy on public-private partnership (PPP) disclosure inUganda, using the PPP Disclosure Diagnostic templaterecommended by the World Bank Framework for Disclosure ofInformation in PPPs. This study has been consolidated in theform of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic Report (hereinafterDiagnostic Report) for Uganda. The Diagnostic Reportexamines the political, legal, and institutional environmentfor disclosure in PPPs. Based on a gap assessment exercisewith key political, legal, institutional, and processfindings benchmarked against the World Bank’s framework, theDiagnostic Report makes specific recommendations to improvedisclosure, including recommended customized guidelines forPPP disclosure in Uganda. The findings suggest that therehas been movement toward greater transparency and opennessin all areas of government in Uganda, with several newinitiatives having been launched in recent years. The 1995Constitution of Uganda created new obligations on publicbodies to promote more transparent governance structures.This was enhanced substantially with the enactment of theAccess to Information Act 2005 (as well as the issuing ofAccess to Information Regulations in 2011), which, amongother things, promotes proactive disclosure of informationheld by public authorities. Uganda has taken otherprogressive steps, such as signing the United NationsConvention Against Corruption and the African UnionConvention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. In 2010,Uganda formulated its National e-Government Policy, which,among others, formed the basis for the establishment of theMinistry of ICT and National Guidance. The policy identifiesseveral services and processes that are being progressivelyrolled out on Internet-based platforms for greaterefficiency and transparency. These includegovernment-to-government services, such as implementingfinancial management information systems;government-to-citizen, services, such as provision ofpassports and other certification services; andgovernment-to-business services, such as e-procurement forgovernment tenders.