Transcription of Microfinance in Uganda - OECD
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Commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Cooperation Not for distribution Wien, 17. Dezember 2001 Lechner, Reiter und Riesenfelder Sozialforschung OEG A-1060 Wien, Liniengasse 2A/1 Tel: +43 (1) 595 40 40 - 0 Fax: +43 (1) 595 40 40 - 9 E-mail: Andy Carlton, Hannes Manndorff, Andrew Obara, Walter Rei-ter, Elisabeth Rhyne Microfinance in Uganda L&R SOCIALRESEARCH 2 Table of Contents Abbreviations 4 Part I: Microfinance in Uganda Sector Overview 7 1 Introduction 8 Background to the Study 8 Microfinance and its context 8 2 Microfinance Context in Uganda 10 Overall Context 10 The Private Sector 12 The Financial Sector 12 3 History and Current Status of the Microfinance Industry 16 4 Clients and Impact of Microfinance Services 19 Clients of Microfinance Institutions 19 Client Impact of Microfinance Services 21 Gender and Empowerment 23 5 Government Policies, Programs and Regulatory Framework 26
Uganda is a country with a remarkable development. Having emerged only ten years ago from a savage civil war with the economy in ruins and its international reputation destroyed by 25 years of dictatorship, it is now held up as one of the few African success stories of …
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