Detailed description about this program can be found on Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Website.
Regional Development Programme
Regional Development Programme-aims to accelerate equitable regional economic growth and development.
Regional Development is one of the 20 programmes of the NDPIII, and, it’s crosscutting. It, therefore, operationalises all the five NDPIII objectives which include; Enhance value addition in key growth opportunities; Consolidate and increase the stock and quality of productive infrastructure; Enhance the productivity and social wellbeing of the population, and Strengthen the role of the state in guiding and facilitating development.
The programme seeks to address key challenges which include:
- Regional income poverty.
- Limited and underdeveloped regional value chains.
- Inadequate economic and social infrastructure.
- Poor local leadership and weak public sector management in the regions.
Therefore, the objectives of the programme were to:
- Stimulate the growth potential of the sub-regions in the key growth opportunities (agri-business, tourism, minerals and manufacturing).
- Close regional infrastructure gaps for exploitation of local economic potential.
- Strengthen and develop regional-based value chains for LED.
- Strengthen the performance measurement and management frameworks for local leadership and public sector management.
Government Programme
Further Reading
Busia Municipality is a local government in Busia District, Eastern Uganda, at the border of Kenya.
MUNICIPALITY SUMMARY
Location: Eastern Uganda 0°28’01.0″N, 34°05’24.0″E (Latitude:0.4669; Longitude:34.0900).
Land Area: Total Land: 7 km2
Population: 54,798.
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