Over the last 50 years, Uganda has made significant development progress. Since the mid 1980’s, the economy has moved from recovery to growth. A number of economic policies and programs such as the Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs), Economic Recovery Program (ERP), Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) have been successfully implemented leading to a boost in economic growth.  Since 2002, the economy grew consistently at an average of 6.4 percent and has since built sufficient  momentum for takeoff.