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The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
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. [25] Uganda is a member of the World Trade Organization, since 1 January 1995 and a member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, from 25 October 1962. [26]
Setting these priorities helped improve Uganda's credentials with international aid organizations and donor countries of the West, but in the first three years of Museveni's rule, coffee production remained the only economic activity inside Uganda to display consistent growth and resilience. [2] In 1987 GDP rose 4.5 percent above the 1986 level ...
USD Cent: 100 Tuvalu: Tuvaluan dollar $ (none) Cent: 100 Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Uganda: Ugandan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) UGX (none) (none) Ukraine: Ukrainian hryvnia ₴ UAH Kopeck: 100 United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates dirham: Dh or Dhs (pl.) AED Fils: 100 United Kingdom: Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 United States: United ...
In 2017, the group's accountant was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling 262 million shillings from the group from 2008 to 2013. [9] In May 2020, in the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, the New Vision Group sent dozens of employees on forced leave without pay, twelve days after it had announced major salary cuts. [10]
It is a major driver of employment, investment and foreign exchange, contributing 4.9 trillion Ugandan shillings (US$1.88 billion or €1.4 billion as of August 2013) to Uganda's GDP in the financial year 2012–13. [208]
The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's central bank. [2] The exchange opened to trading in January 1998.
The per capita income in Uganda in 1999 was approximately US$650 annually. [1] In 2013, an estimated 19.5 percent of the 35 million Ugandans lived on less than US$1.00 per day. [1] [2] Compiled here is a list of individuals in Uganda whose accumulated assets are known to be markedly