This briefing note highlights findings from Development Initiative’s Uganda Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Budget Tracking – What are the Key Areas of Investment? The report reviews public spending on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Uganda for 2016/17 to 2018/19, distinguishing between allocations where DRR is the principal objective and where it is a significant objective.
Key findings
Our risk-sensitive budget review shows,
- Uganda’s total investment in DRR over the three budget cycles constitutes 4% of the country’s total budget.
- Of total DRR-marked investment on average, the bulk of allocation was assigned for significant DRR investment.