Editing Economy of Uganda (section)

==International trade and finance==
[[Image:2006Ugandan exports.PNG|thumb|450px|Ugandan export destinations in 2006]]

Since assuming power in early 1986, [[Yoweri Museveni|Museveni]]'s government has taken important steps toward economic rehabilitation. The country's infrastructure, notably its transport and communications systems which were destroyed by war and neglect, is being rebuilt. Recognizing the need for increased external support, Uganda negotiated a policy framework paper with the IMF and the World Bank in 1987. Uganda subsequently began implementing economic policies designed to restore price stability and sustainable balance of payments, improve capacity utilization, rehabilitate infrastructure, restore producer incentives through proper price policies, and improve resource mobilization and allocation in the public sector. These so-called Structural Adjustment Programs greatly improved the shape of the Ugandan economy, but did not lead to economic growth in the first decade after their implementation. Since 1995, Uganda has experienced rapid economic growth, but it is not clear to what extent this positive development can be attributed to Structural Adjustment.<ref name="13R">{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg | title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present |date=2016 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=332–334| isbn=9781107507180}}</ref> Uganda has been a member of the [[World Trade Organization]], since January 1st 1995 and a member of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]], since October 25th 1962.<ref name="14R">{{cite web|title=Uganda and the WTO | url=https://www.wto.org/English/Thewto_E/countries_e/uganda_e.htm|access-date=8 June 2018 |date=8 June 2018 |author=WTO |
publisher=[[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) |location=Geneva}}</ref>