Macroeconomic stability Uganda

In all of Uganda’s government programmes, no initiative has captured the spirit of grassroots transformation quite like the Parish Development Model (PDM).It is the most ambitious effort yet to connect public finance directly to ordinary citizens, taking government services, credit, and enterprise support to the parish—the lowest administrative level of Uganda’s economy. Launched in February 2022, the PDM seeks to transition 3.5 million subsistence households into the money economy by channelling resources to local communities. The results are already visible: UGX 3.29 trillion disbursed to over 2.4 million households, and financial inclusion rising from 77% in 2018 to 81% today….