Professional Documents
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COURSE OUTLINE
Facilitators:
1. Dr. Turyahikayo Willy
email: wturyahikayo@mubs.ac.ug Tel: 0772 957 295, 0701 320
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2. Mr. Darious Mugabe
3. Mr. Ssemanda A
4. Ms. Muyinda Bridgette
MUBS Vision: "The benchmark for Business and Management Education, Research and
Training in the region."
MUBS Mission: “To enable the future of clients through creation and provision of knowledge."
3.0 Mode of delivery
A variety of delivery methods will be used comprising lectures (both physical and online), in-
class group discussions, and take-home assignments.
Please note that students must not afford to miss the coursework tests as they are part of
final grades for not only this course but also the entire degree programme. All deadlines
for submission of assignments must be met unless prior permission essentially on medical
or compassionate grounds is obtained from Course instructors.
• The Republic of Uganda (2013), Uganda Vision 2040, National Planning Authority.
April 2013.
MUBS Vision: "The benchmark for Business and Management Education, Research and
Training in the region."
MUBS Mission: “To enable the future of clients through creation and provision of knowledge."
Note: Other reading materials will be provided and/or recommended from time to time
during lectures
Topic Facilitator
Topic Week Content & Reading Material
No.
Evolution, nature & performance of
Uganda’s economy: From pre-colonial
to present.
Theoretical perspectives on economic
growth and development: What causes
economic growth and development?
1, 2 & Uganda’s macroeconomic indicators:
6.1 Introduction Inflation rate, Interest rates & credit
3
conditions, Exchange rates and GDP
growth rates
Reading Material
Students Reader One
Background to the Budget 2021/2022
Sectoral composition of Uganda’s
economy
Agriculture sector
Industrial sector
Structure & Services sector
Performance of Structural transformation of Uganda’s
6.2 4&5 economy
Uganda’s
Economy Uganda’s Current Development Strategy
Reading Material
1. Students Reader Two
2. Background to the Budget 2021/2022
First Coursework
MUBS Vision: "The benchmark for Business and Management Education, Research and
Training in the region."
MUBS Mission: “To enable the future of clients through creation and provision of knowledge."
The Vision 2040 and National
Development Plans
(NDPI, NDPII and NDPIII) and poverty
reduction
Assessment of anti-poverty programs in
Uganda (1996 to date)
Reading Material
1. Background to the Budget 2021/2022
2. Vision 2040
3. UNDP & NGO Forum (Localizing SDGs
Report)
Structure of Uganda’s BOP
Uganda’s trade policy
Export performance – structure,
composition, direction, and dynamics of
exports
Potential new products and market
Uganda’s opportunities
6.4 9&10 Constraints to export/trade growth
External Sector
Import trade performance – dynamics &
structure
Trends in the trade balance
Reading Material
1. Background to the Budget 2021/2022,
22/23. Vision 2040
Second Coursework
MUBS Vision: "The benchmark for Business and Management Education, Research and
Training in the region."
MUBS Mission: “To enable the future of clients through creation and provision of knowledge."
▪ Regional economic integration – forms
and stages, trade creation and trade
diversion, EAC Common Market, and
other blocs (COMESA, SADC,
ECOWAS)
Ugandan
▪ Regional integration & poverty reduction
6.6 Economy in the 12&13
Other economic partnerships and
Global Context relationships – AGOA, ACP-EU,
AfCFTA
Reading Material
1. Background to the Budget 2021/2022,
22/23, vision 2040
MUBS Vision: "The benchmark for Business and Management Education, Research and
Training in the region."
MUBS Mission: “To enable the future of clients through creation and provision of knowledge."