333 Nov 11 2002 UGANDA at A GLANCE

UGANDA at A GLANCE Capital: Kampala Population: 23, 985, 712 Land Area: 199, 710

WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM MODEL SKILLED LABOUR LEVEL 1 Skills Training Center 1

PRIVATE SECTOR FORMAL TRAINING: l PRIVATE PROPRIETORS l INDUSTRY l NGO NON-FORMAL TRAINING: l

GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOCUS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION POLITICAL SUPPORT for WFED HOME

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 1. IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE 2. IMPROVED POLITICAL CLIMATE 3. ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT POLICIES 4.

HUMAN CAPITAL 1. POPULATION STRUCTURE 2. ABUNDANT HUMAN CAPITAL WITH POOR ATTITUDES 3. FEW

SOCIAL CLIMATE 1. RESISTENCE TO INNOVATIONS DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND JOB INSECURITY

SOCIAL CLIMATE (continued) 4. EMPHASIS ON GENDER BALANCE 5. INSECURITY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF

ECONOMIC STATUS Unemployment rate GDP Economic growth Labor force Firm size distribution 7% About

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333 Nov, 11, 2002

UGANDA at A GLANCE Capital: Kampala Population: 23, 985, 712 Land Area: 199, 710 sq km Highest Point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5, 110 m Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capit Ethnic Groups: Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batoro 3%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 23% Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX) HOME

WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM MODEL SKILLED LABOUR LEVEL 1 Skills Training Center 1 UNSKILLED LABOUR Lower Secondary School Primary School LEVEL 2 Skills Training Center 2 High School LEVEL 3 Skills Training Center 3 University HIGHLY SKILLED LABOUR SEMI-SKILLED LABOUR LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 HOME

PRIVATE SECTOR FORMAL TRAINING: l PRIVATE PROPRIETORS l INDUSTRY l NGO NON-FORMAL TRAINING: l APPRENTICESHIP HOME

GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOCUS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION POLITICAL SUPPORT for WFED HOME

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 1. IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE 2. IMPROVED POLITICAL CLIMATE 3. ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT POLICIES 4. LIMITED TECHNOLOGY 5. ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES (AGRICULTURE) HOME

HUMAN CAPITAL 1. POPULATION STRUCTURE 2. ABUNDANT HUMAN CAPITAL WITH POOR ATTITUDES 3. FEW TECHNOLOGICALLY SKILLED PEOPLE 4. 38% ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE, 62% ARE ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE 5. 65% LITERATE POPULATION HOME

SOCIAL CLIMATE 1. RESISTENCE TO INNOVATIONS DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND JOB INSECURITY 2. BELIEF IN EXISTING GOVERNMENT 3. CORRUPTION Next

SOCIAL CLIMATE (continued) 4. EMPHASIS ON GENDER BALANCE 5. INSECURITY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY 6. HIV/AIDS & OTHER HEALTH ISSUES 7. GENDER FOCUS HOME

ECONOMIC STATUS Unemployment rate GDP Economic growth Labor force Firm size distribution 7% About $25 m (2000) 6% per annum 82% in agriculture 5% in industry 13% in services 80% small scale 15% medium scale 5% large scale HOME