Advancing the Ugandan Economy: A Personal Account

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Advancing the Ugandan Economy 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/25/14 4:01 PM Page i 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/25/14 4:01 PM Page ii Advancing the Ugandan Economy A Personal Account ezra sabiti suruma brookings institution press Washington, D.C. 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/25/14 4:01 PM Page iii Copyright © 2014 the brookings institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. www.brookings.edu All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press. The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to research, education, and publication on important issues of domestic and foreign policy. Its principal purpose is to bring the highest quality independent research and analysis to bear on current and emerging policy problems. Interpretations or conclusions in Brookings publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Suruma, Ezra Sabiti, 1945– author. Advancing the Ugandan economy : a personal account / Ezra Sabiti Suruma. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8157-2589-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Economic development—Uganda. 2. Uganda—Economic policy. 3. Uganda—Economic conditions—1979– I. Title. HC870.Z9E448 2014 330.9676109048—dc23 2014000187 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed on acid-free paper Typeset in Minion Composition by R. Lynn Rivenbark Macon, Georgia 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/26/14 3:36 PM Page iv To my father, Sulumani Barilanwa who made sure that I went to school— even though our village had no school to go to To my mother, Esiteri Keiganiza whose unflinching disciplinary rigor set me on the straight path toward good And to martyrs and fighters for human freedom and justice everywhere 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/26/14 3:36 PM Page v 00-2589-3 FM:Cels 2262-5 3/25/14 4:01 PM Page vi ...