- African Development Bank Group on Uganda (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
- 15th African Union Summit--"Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa," 19-27 July 2010, Kampala, Uganda (via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Bank of Uganda (Kampala)
- Bioline Publications Abstracts and Document Service (Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK)
- Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, UK)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Uganda Trade Statistics Profile, 2007 (Lusaka, Zambia)
- 8th Annual International Conference on Computing and ICT Research -- ICCIR 2012, 5-7 August 2012, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Formerly known as the "International Conference on Sustainable ICT Capacity in Developing Countries."
- Demographic and Health Surveys: Uganda Indicators, Datasets, and Reports (2001-2007) (Calverton, Maryland)
- Directory of Development Organizations: Uganda (2011) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
- East African Community = Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki (Arusha, Tanzania)
- This is the official website of the regional intergovernmental organization (encompassing Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) which was (re)established in 1999 by treaty (see "Documents & Publications"). The site includes information about the EAC, current news, and related links.
- EAC Statistics Portal
- ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
Search for Uganda: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Uganda, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
- European Centre for Development Policy Management: Search for Papers on Uganda (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
"ECDPM aims to improve international cooperation between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP). It does this through capacity building for policy management, the promotion of policy dialogue between ACP countries and Europe, and the provision of information and facilities for knowledge exchange."
- Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)
The site offers very general information about the centre. Established in 1994, "EPRC is conceived as an institution for high level research on policy issues ... aims at enhancing and building national capacity for policy formulation/analysis and decision making. EPRC maintains close contact with Government departments and other clients in addressing urgent problems where practical solutions can be found."
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome)
- FAO Aquastat Programme -- Uganda, 2006
A profile of Ugandan water resources. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
- FAO Document Repository on "Uganda"
- Government of Uganda--Ministries (See Republic of Uganda below)
- The International Monetary Fund: Uganda Country Info (Washington, DC)
Summaries, full length reports, and recent news.
Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring
Adobe Acrobat.
- International Rivers Network: Bujagali Falls Dam -- Campaign and Reports, 2000-- (Berkeley, California)
- MBendi AfroPaedia: Uganda (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
A basic profile of Uganda's economy and investment climate.
- The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) (NBI Secretariat, Entebbe, Uganda)
General information about the programme and its committees. "[Launched in Dar es Salaam in February 1999] ... The NBI is a regional partnership within which countries of the Nile basin have united in common pursuit of the sustainable development and management of Nile waters. ... supersedes the disbanded 'Technical Co-operation Committee for the Promotion of the Development & Environmental Protection of the Nile Basin.'" See also,
Map of the Nile River Basin (Source: The World Bank)
- Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project (via East Lansing, Michigan)
The official web site of a community-based project with a wholistic approach to education for children and their families in southwestern Uganda. "To provide a high-quality, free education, both formal and informal, to children who have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS in order to counteract pervasive hunger, poverty and systemic deprivation.
- Oxfam GB on Uganda (Oxfam International, London, UK)
Campaigns and reports from Oxfam and its activities in Uganda.
- Policy Project: Uganda (Futures Group, Washington, DC)
A summary of assistance activities in HIV/AIDS policies and other reproductive health policies in Uganda, with downloadable reports in PDF format.
- Project Elgon (Mount Elgon, Uganda-Kenya Border) (University of Leeds, UK)
Students and faculty from the U.K. and Uganda, assisted by staff from Makerere University, Mount Elgon National Park, and local people, carried out studies in 1996 in and around Mt. Elgon. This website is a compilation of basic information on the people, the wildlife, and the environment of the region, online papers from the project team, images, and useful links.
- Republic of Uganda -- Ministries (Kampala)
- Bureau of Statistics
- Energy and Mineral Development
- Finance, Planning and Economic Development
General information, directory, current budget speech, and historical documents.
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Publications (budget, legislations, speeches, etc.)
- Health
This official web site includes information about programs and policies, news, publication lists, and
recent statistics.
- Lands, Housing and Urban Development
- Uganda Investment Authority
- THETA: Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS and other Diseases (Kampala, Uganda)
The website contains basic information about the activities and goals of THETA. Even though some publications are listed, none are available online.
- Uganda AIDS Commission and the National AIDS Documentation & Information Center (NADIC) (Kampala)
General information about the commission and the center, its programs, research updates, news, and related links. "The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) was established by Statute of Parliament in 1992 and placed under the Office of the President to coordinate the multi-sectoral efforts."
- Uganda: atlas of our changing environment (2009), published by the Uganda National Environmental Management Authority and the United Nations Environment Programme. (See UNEP below)
- Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Kampala, Uganda)
This official website includes a wealth of information about the activities of the bureau, links to web sites of several government ministries, and recent statistics in HTML format, including exerpts from the 2002 Population Census, information on education, health, labor, energy, migration, etc. In addition, the site includes a databank, with downloadable statistics in EXCEL format.
- Uganda Debt Network (Kampala, Uganda)
- Uganda National NGO Forum (Kampala, Uganda)
"...an inclusive national platform for NGOs to think and strategize on matters of mutual interest. With increasing interest from districts, we grew into a membership organization. Our strength and membership has since grown from 50 members in 2001."
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Publications: reports on UNNGOF itself and on Uganda policy & development issues
- UVRI/IAVI--Uganda Virus Research Institute / International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (Entebbe, Uganda)
"This research is sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), working as partners with the Government of the Republic of Uganda since August 2001 to accelerate the development and testing of vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS."
--Newsletter:
The Uganda AIDS vaccine update. (Online) -- Entebbe, Uganda: UVRI/IAVI, 2003-
- United Nations Agencies on Uganda -- Economy
- United States Agencies on Uganda -- Economy (Washington, DC)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Uganda
- United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
- United States. Department of State
- United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Uganda economy (International Trade Administration)
- Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) (Kampala, Uganda)
This site offers directories of prominent Ugandan women in all sectors of Ugandan society, news and opinions, documents on women's issues in Uganda, and related links. "WOUGNET's goal is to promote the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by women organisations and individuals for the better being of Ugandan women."
- The World Bank on Uganda (Washington, DC)
- World Resources Institute -- Papers on Uganda (Washington, DC)
- Mapping a better future: how spatial analysis can benefit wetlands and reduce poverty in Uganda (2009) -- Kampala, Uganda: Wetlands Management Department, Ministry of Water and Environment, Republic of Uganda ; Washington, DC: WRI, c2009.51 pages in PDF format.
- "Tools for local-level rural development planning: combining use of participatory rural appraisal and geographic information systems in Uganda." (2004) By Frank R. Turyatunga. Discussion paper. -- Washington, DC: WRI, 2004. (PDF or HTML formats)
- "Commerce, kings, and local government in Uganda: decentralizing natural resources to consolidate the central state." (2003) By Frank Emmanuel Muhereza. Environmental governance in Africa working paper; no. 8. -- Washington, DC: WRI, 2003. (PDF format)
- "Decentralization, politics and environment in Uganda." (2002) By Nyangabyaki Bazzara. Environmental governance in Africa working paper; no. 7. -- Washington, DC: WRI, 2003. (PDF format)
- "Decentralisation and wildlife management: devolving rights or shedding responsibility? Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda." (2002) By Agrippinah Namara, Xavier Nsabagasani. Environmental governance in Africa working paper; no. 9. -- Washington, DC: WRI, 2003. (PDF format)
- WRI Home Page (General)
