UGANDA: City Creditworthiness Initiative - Implementation of Action-Plans for Selected Ugandan Local Authorities

The Ugandan government recognizes that local authorities would need better skills and tools to improve financial performance, plan capital investments, and implement projects. In response, PPIAF provided training and support to officials in participating cities to help them strengthen revenue collection and management, develop sound capital investment plans (including climate-smart initiatives), and reach financial performance targets that would unlock grants under the World Bank’s Uganda Support Municipal Infrastructure Development Program. These efforts focused on developing the country’s pilot revenue collection system, IRAS. In the two pilot cities, Fort and Nansana, the IRAS portal increased revenues from zero to 32 and 36 percent, respectively. The program was extended to rollout the IRAS system to another 40 municipalities.The Ugandan government recognizes that local authorities would need better skills and tools to improve financial performance, plan capital investments, and implement projects. In response, PPIAF provided training and support to officials in participating cities to help them strengthen revenue collection and management, develop sound capital investment plans (including climate-smart initiatives), and reach financial performance targets that would unlock grants under the World Bank’s Uganda Support Municipal Infrastructure Development Program. These efforts focused on developing the country’s pilot revenue collection system, IRAS. In the two pilot cities, Fort and Nansana, the IRAS portal increased revenues from zero to 32 and 36 percent, respectively. The program was extended to rollout the IRAS system to another 40 municipalities.