Strengthening Uganda’s Trade and Industrial Policy Landscape Uganda’s trade policy objective, ‘Trading out of Poverty, Into Wealth and Prosperity’, seeks to create real wealth for its people. The country’s new 5-year plan, the third National Development Plan (NDP III) 2020/21-2024/25, looks to ‘sustainable industrialization’ as a way to reach middle-income status1. This entails adopting strategies […]
Find out moreBuilding a Strong Government Team in Uganda If you flip the pages of Ugandan newspapers, you will be struck by articles about big loans that Parliament has approved to finance development. This is not just something of arcane interest. The general public is concerned about what they all add up to: in the streets of […]
Find out moreUganda has major ambitions for infrastructure to catalyse economic growth, reduce poverty and ensure environmental sustainability. With a major investment gap, the country is looking for major public-private partnerships. This note tells the story of OPF Fellows helping to establish a strong PPP legal regime to attract quality investors – and of resulting new PPP […]
Find out moreLaunching new Tobacco Control Legislation OPF has helped Sierra Leone to introduce a raft of progressive health policies and legislation. This note tells the story of a participatory process to develop the legal basis for greatly reducing tobacco demand among citizens – and of the significant health benefits and economic savings that ensue.
Find out moreLaying the foundations for Rwanda’s new knowledge economy The Government of Rwanda’s efforts to rebuild the country’s economy put technological innovation at the centre. With increasing numbers of foreign investors being attracted into Rwanda as the ‘go-to’ business hub in the region, intellectual property reforms are so that Rwandans truly benefit as producers and consumers. […]
Find out moreFoundation for a Sustainable Future Ethiopia is a pioneer in shaping a climate-resilient green economy. To realise this requires a very substantial reform of laws and institutions – to protect natural capital, to manage it sustainably, to increase peoples’ benefits from it, and to halt its degradation. This note tells the story of OPF working […]
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