Uganda

In response to a request from Ugandan authorities and in consultation with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) African Department, Brooks Robinson, Regional Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Advisor for the IMF’s East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC, AFE), and Clément Ncuti (an IMF GFS Expert) conducted a GFS technical assistance (TA) mission to Kampala, Uganda during March 7-18, 2016. The mission was part of AFE’s collaboration program with the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, and supported efforts to align compilation and dissemination of GFS and public sector debt statistics (PSDS) with international standards. The mission’s main objectives were to assist authorities in the compilation and dissemination of annual and high-frequency GFS for financial years (FYs) 2013/14 and 2014/15.