November 2022

Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust—Guidance Note on Enhanced Safeguards or Debt Sustainability And Capacity To Repay

New enhanced safeguards for debt sustainability and capacity to repay that would apply to requests for new Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) arrangements or augmentations above certain access thresholds and for countries like Uganda at high risk of debt distress or in debt distress. The safeguards were introduced in the context of increases in PRGT access limits, in recognition of the need for stronger safeguards to mitigate risks associated with higher Fund lending.

Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa during the Pandemic

Amidst the repeated waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple lockdowns, governments in sub-Saharan Africa locked out of the much-needed sources of revenue due to both the freeze in economic activity as well as tax forbearance measures implemented to help businesses survive.

The Second Continental Report On the Implementation of Agenda 2063

Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period. The continent aims to achieve this objective through the realisation of five ten-year implementation plans. The First Ten-Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063, spanning 2014 to 2023, outlines a set of goals, priority areas and targets that the continent aims to achieve at national, regional and continental levels.

The Uganda Police Force Annual Crime Report, 2021

The Annual Crime Reports does provide accountability to the Ugandan citizenry on how the Uganda Police Force is fulfilling its mandate as stipulated under Article 212 of the Constitution of Uganda. Generally, in the year 2021, there was a 0.1% increase in the volume of crimes reported to Police from 195,931 cases reported in the year 2020 to 196,081 cases in 2021.

Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020 and reversed more than two decades of progress in poverty reduction on the continent.

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