The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework for Uganda covering 2026 to 2035. The strategy is designed to accelerate private sector-led economic transformation and expand job opportunities, with job creation positioned as the main route to higher productivity, incomes, and poverty reduction. It is built around four outcomes: stronger economic governance, healthier and better-skilled people, better-connected communities, and a more productive and inclusive private sector. A central feature is a coordinated One World Bank Group approach combining International Development Association financing, International Finance Corporation investments and advisory services, and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency guarantees. Over the decade, the framework targets energy access for 50 million people by 2035, up from 25 million, quality health, nutrition, and population services for 22 million people, better education and skills support for 10 million students, transport improvements benefiting 20 million people, and expanded financial services for 14 million people and businesses including 9 million women. It also targets a 100% increase in agricultural yields in selected value chains. Financially, the World Bank Group expects an indicative lending program of about USD 2 billion per International Development Association three-year cycle, building on an existing USD 4 billion portfolio, while seeking to catalyze up to USD 1.3 billion in private investment and mobilize a further USD 2.5 billion from private capital markets. The framework is intended to provide continuity for long-term reforms while allowing for periodic reviews to adjust to changing circumstances.

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