The government has finalized plans to transform Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country, through harnessing emerging development opportunities such oil exploration, E-revolution, globalization and economic integration among others.
The minister of State for Planning, Matia Kasaija told Parliament today this is the target of the Uganda Vision 2040 that has been developed by the National Planning Authority.
The Vision 2040 to be coordinated by the office of the Prime Minister is an elaborate government blue print on key development benchmarks that policy wonks in the National Development Authority (NPA) want the country to achieve in the next 27 years.
The Vision 2040 is currently under scrutiny by the Finance and National Economy committees of parliament before it is launched later this year.
Among others, the Vision 2040 intends to see per capita income and GDP rise to $USD950 and $USD580b from the current USD$506 and USD$17b respectively. It also wants to see abject poverty reduced from 24.5% to 5% of the total population.
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