Front Matter Page
Fiscal Affairs Department
Contents
I. Introduction
II. A Benchmark: Principles of Decentralization Reform
III. Uganda’s Decentralization Process: The Institutions
A. Historical Overview: The Sequencing of the Decentralization Process
B. Does Uganda’s Institutional Design Promote Accountability
C. Capacity Constraints: The Experience with Public Financial Management
D. Accountability and Governance
IV. Specific Outcomes in Service Delivery
A. The Outcomes: Education, Health, and Water Services
B. The Outcomes: A Possible Explanation
V. Final Remarks
Tables
1. Total Sector Expenditure Executed by Local Governments
2. Incidence of Bribery in Contacts with Public Officials, 1998 and 2002
3. Primary School Net Enrollment, 1995–2004
4. Secondary School Net Enrollment
5. Reasons For Not Attending School, 2003
6. Indicators for Government and Private Primary Schools, 2003–04
7. Indicators for Government Primary Schools Per District, 2003
8. Mortality Indicators
9. Infant Mortality by Region, 1995–2000
10. Child (Under-five) Mortality by Region, 1995–2000
11. Accessibility to Safe Water by Income Quintile and by Region, 1992–2002
12. Distance of Access to Water by Communities, 1992–2002
Figures
1. Size of the Public Sector
2. Government Tiers
3. Domestic Development Expenditure Executed by Local Governments
References