Oil Wealth and Development in Uganda and Beyond

Ukoha Ukiwo is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt.

Seventeen papers analyze how Uganda is planning to deal with the challenge of effectively, efficiently, and transparently managing its oil sector and resources, examining the institutional, legal, fiscal,environmental, social, macroeconomic, political, and financial dimensions of the Ugandan oil governance regime. Papers discuss the “resource curse” of economic, social, and political challenges experienced by countries rich in oil, gas, and other minerals; the role and functioning of the main formal institutions established to manage, oversee, and regulate Uganda’s oil exploration, development, and revenue management; Uganda’s legal-regulatory oil regime and its leeway for abuse and misappropriation; the opportunities for revenue mismanagement in Uganda’s standard oil revenue chain; the dynamics of deal making between the Government of Uganda and international oil companies, as well as the strategies employed by the government to remain in charge of the oil sector; Uganda’s macroeconomic management regime and the fiscal rules the Government of Uganda has put in place to achieve a balance between spending and saving; the opportunities that the oil revenues offer with regard to social development; the certainty and stability of Uganda’s oil fiscal regime; human resource challenges and opportunities facing Uganda’s emerging oil sector; the main environmental issues linked to oil development and the adequacy of the existing environmental regulatory systems in regulating potential problems associated with the upstream oil and gas activities in Uganda; the processes of land grabbing as a result of oil exploration and exploitation in Uganda; the expectations of Ugandans concerning their country’s oil and gas resources and the extent to which the government and the oil companies have managed these expectations appropriately; the emergent social tensions and conflicts linked to the advent of oil exploration and exploitation in Uganda; challenges and policies linked to Nigeria’s oil governance regime; challenges and policies linked to Ghana’s oil governance regime; challenges and policies linked to Kenya’s oil governance regime; and the effectiveness and soundness of Uganda’s oil governance regime. 2021. "Annotated Listing of New Books." Journal of Economic Literature, 59 (1): 297-371. DOI: 10.1257/jel.59.1.297

• List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Preface 1. Oil Wealth and Development in Uganda and Beyond: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges Arnim Langer, Ukoha Ukiwo and Pamela MbabaziPart I — Institutional and Regulatory Framework, Policies and Challenges2. Uganda’s Oil Governance Institutions: Fit for Purpose? Pamela Mbabazi and Martin Muhangi3. Courting the Oil Curse or Playing by the Rules? An Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory Framework Governing Oil in Uganda J. Oloka-Onyango4. Keeping Corruption in Check in Uganda’s Oil Sector? Uganda’s Challenge to Let Everybody Eat, and Not Just the Lucky Few Kathleen Brophy and Peter Wandera5. Closed but Ordered : How the Political Settlement Shapes Uganda’s Deals with International Oil Companies Badru Bukenya and Jaqueline NakaizaPart II — Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework, Policies and Challenges6. Oil Wealth in Uganda: Analysis of the Macroeconomic Policy Framework Corti Paul Lakuma7. Oil Revenues and Social Development in Uganda Joseph Mawejje8. Getting a Good Deal? An Analysis of Uganda’s Oil Fiscal Regime Wilson Bahati Kazi9. Human Resources and Oil in Uganda : An Analysis of Uganda’s Human Resource Development for the Oil Sector Jackson A. Mwakali and Jackson N.M. ByaruhangaPart III — Other Major Governance Polices and Challenges10. Environmental Sustainability : An Afterthought or a Key Objective for Uganda’s Oil Sector? Moses Isabirye11. Land Grabbing in the Albertine Graben : Implications for Women’s Land Rights and the Oil Industry in Uganda Roberts K. Muriisa and Specioza Twinamasiko12. Expecting Eldorado? An Analysis of Ugandans’ Expectations of Their Country’s Oil Wealth Byaruhanga Musiime Chris13. The Management of Social Tensions and Community Grievances in the Albertine Region of Uganda Tom OgwangPart IV — International Comparison14. Nigeria’s Oil Governance Regime: Challenges and Policies Ukoha Ukiwo15. Ghana’s Oil Governance Regime: Challenges and Policies Peter Quartey and Emmanuel Abbey16. Kenya’s Oil Governance Regime: Challenges and Policies Germano MwabuPart V — A Way Forward17. Oil Wealth and Development in Uganda and Beyond: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Ukoha Ukiwo, Pamela Mbabazi, and Arnim LangerIllustration Credits About the authors