PLAY PODCASTS
Uganda: Rising Debt and the Promise of Oil

Uganda: Rising Debt and the Promise of Oil

IMF Podcasts · IMF Podcasts

July 13, 20179m 38s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Drought, regional conflict, and slow credit growth are taking their toll on Uganda's economy. While per-capita growth has hovered around 5 percent for the last 20 years, the IMFs latest economic assessment shows it has fallen to 1/2 percent. In this podcast, the report's coauthor Axel Schimmelpfennig, says some strategic infrastructure investment and Uganda's untapped oil reserves could help turn things around.

Contributors: Axel Schimmelpfennig, IMF Mission Chief for Uganda