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The Evolution of Industry in Uganda

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  • Marios Obwona
  • Isaac Shinyekwa
  • Julius Kiiza
  • Eria Hisali

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The paper looks at the evolution of industry in Uganda examining drivers and constraints since the pre-colonial period in the 1940s to date. It is argued that the state played a central role in industrialization during the pre-colonial and immediate post-colonial period. The paper further looks at industrialisation during the liberal phase. The current structure, size and distribution of industry are discussed in light of the laissez fair paradigm. The non-direct interventionist policy to industrialization has not been adequate to propel industrial development in Uganda.

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  • Marios Obwona & Isaac Shinyekwa & Julius Kiiza & Eria Hisali, 2014. "The Evolution of Industry in Uganda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-021, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. John Spray & Sebastian Wolf, 2017. "Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and Rwanda," WIDER Working Paper Series 012, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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