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This Agriculture Public Expenditure
Review (AgPER) comprehensively reviews public expenditures
on agriculture in Uganda and analyzes their efficiency and
effectiveness. Its genesis lies in Agriculture Sector
Working Group (A-SWG) discussions, especially during the
budget process, which raised concerns about the seemingly
low budget allocations to the sector and the failure to
align limited resources with recognized priorities in the
sector. To address these concerns, the A-SWG resolved to
undertake this AgPER. Aside from providing a better
understanding of the nature and composition of agricultural
pubic expenditures in Uganda, the review will specifically
analyze their efficiency and effectiveness with a view to
identifying the types of expenditures that will promote
pro-poor growth. The report is structured as follows.
Section two analyzes trends in nominal and real sector
budgets. It highlights the current and projected importance
of agricultural sector expenditure in the national budget
and gross domestic product (GDP). An analysis of
agricultural price distortions indicates the extent to which
the sector benefits from supportive policies. Section three
describes budget planning and implementation at the national
and local level and presents policy recommendations to
improve those processes. Section four focuses on the
technical efficiency of public spending. By tracking
resource flows and analyzing the unit costs of goods and
service delivery. Section four sheds light on whether public
resources are used efficiently and which actions could
improve efficiency. The concluding section summarizes the
major findings and policy recommendations.
