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Economic Study for water and environment sector-Uganda Factsheet A4

Reports December 2017

Economic Study for water and environment sector-Uganda Factsheet A4

Reports • Studies December 01, 2017

Results of a national integrated bio-physical/economic modeling framework show that from 2015 to 2040 enhanced investment by the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) in Water Resource Development and Environmental Management can increase
per capita GDP by 9% in 2040. Water resource development investments contribute 45% of this increase, while wetland protection and land management investments (especially efforts to switch away from firewood for cookstoves) yield 55% of the total benefit.

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