Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/122287 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
DIIS Working Paper No. 2013:24
Publisher: 
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
The Ugandan economy resembles many other economies in sub-Saharan Africa in that it has a large subsistence sector, relies on a few primary commodities for export and depends on aid to finance its public services. Oil and minerals have so far not been important to the economy. However, this might change as an estimated 3.5 billion barrel oil reservoir has been discovered in Uganda’s Western and Northwestern Albertine Graben. Minerals have also been found and are being sold off as concessions. If oil revenues start to be mobilized as currently planned (2016-17), significant changes in not only government finance but also in the governments’ relationships with donors and in state–society relations are likely to occur. The consequences for local communities and the environment are also likely to be significant.
ISBN: 
978-87-7605-652-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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