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Righting Resource-Curse Wrongs In Uganda: The Case Of Oil Discovery And The Management Of Popular Expectations

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  • Kiiza, Julius
  • Bategeka, Lawrence
  • Ssewanyana, Sarah

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Following Uganda’s discovery of oil deposits in 2006, the country’s development prospects look higher than ever before. Different stakeholders (discussed in the paper) have high development expectations. However, development experiences from oil-rich countries in Africa raise concerns that Uganda could suffer oil curse - a situation in which extraction of oilincreases poverty and misery to majority of the people instead of leading to improvement in livelihoods for all. The paper discusses management of popular expectations in Uganda that are associated with discovery of oil, with a view to assisting the country to avoid the dreaded oil curse. The oil curse is not because of the oil but due to economic and political mismanagement. Oil abundance typically generates valuable rents that tend to trigger violent forms of rent-seeking or “greed-based” insurgencies. Lack of transparency and accountability in Uganda’s oil sector are early signs of an oil curse. Uganda can avoid the oil curse by managing popular expectations better and by ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of the oil sector.

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  • Kiiza, Julius & Bategeka, Lawrence & Ssewanyana, Sarah, 2011. "Righting Resource-Curse Wrongs In Uganda: The Case Of Oil Discovery And The Management Of Popular Expectations," Research Series 150481, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eprcrs:150481
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.150481
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    1. Buyinza, Faisal, 2011. "Performance and Survival of Ugandan Manufacturing firms in the context of the East African Community," Research Series 150477, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC).
    2. Sebastian Wolf & Vishal Aditya Potluri, 2018. "Uganda's oil: How much, when, and how will it be governed?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-179, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Sebastian Wolf & Vishal Potluri, 2018. "Uganda’s oil: How much, when, and how will it be governed?," WIDER Working Paper Series 179, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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