practices are biased against women and continue to inhibit progress towards full gender parity and equality. The Panel thus recommends that the Government consider conducting education and sensitisation campaigns across Uganda, especially in rural areas, on the constitutional and legal rights of women as well as the legal implications of traditional practices that undermine women's legal and human rights. Furthermore, the Government is urged to review and repeal discriminatory clauses against women in legislation, such as the Land Act, the Registration of Titles Act, the Micro-Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, and the Marriage Act. xi. Uganda has a young population and a worrying youth unemployment rate of 83%. The government has made significant efforts to tackle youth unemployment through the youth venture schemes and entrepreneurship programmes. However, Uganda is yet to see results as most educated youth fail to get jobs, not least due to a skills mismatch. The Panel recommends that Government consider partnering with the private sector in institutions of higher learning to equip young people with employment-related skills, including through curriculum review programmes and apprenticeship schemes. xii. Uganda was applauded in CRR 2008, rightly, for its devolvement of powers and public services to local government, although that also exacerbated the financial challenges of the government. The CRM this time has perceived a possible shift towards recentralisation due to overdependence of local government councils on central government. Highlighted as the major challenge is the lack of revenue generation capacity at local government level, which is compounded by the continuous creation of new districts that has further stretched the already inadequate resources available to local government. This has reduced the ability of local government to effectively and efficiently deliver public services. The Panel thus recommends that the Government consider introducing limitations on the number of districts and revising the funding formula for local government to ensure that level of government remains effective. xiii. Corruption was identified as widespread in CRR 2008, a finding that remains as valid today. This is certainly not for lack of effort from the Government; rather, this is an example of a problem that is simply too deep-rooted to remove with the type of measures that have been attempted so far. The Panel thus recommends that the Government shift its focus towards the implementation aspect of the measures and support the effort with systematic, well-orchestrated and sustained campaigns to change societal attitudes and values away from condoning corruption. xiv. Generally, Uganda has maintained its commitment to the continuing improvement of its democratic and political governance by enacting the right laws and establishing the right institutions, and cultivating an enabling environment for democracy to prevail. However, implementation remains a challenge, including lack of sufficient human and financial resources necessary for the fullest possible implementation of its policies at this point in its history. For that, Uganda needs the support of all its friends within the APRM and beyond. 3. ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT xv. Since CRR 2008, Uganda has recorded impressive overall economic performance, becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world in the last decade. One of Uganda's most remarkable achievements during this period is the formulation of its Vision 2040, a 30-year development blueprint that is being implemented by a series of six national development plans (NDPs), each lasting five years. Uganda is currently implementing its NDP II, covering the years 2015/16 to 2019/20. It is fair to say that the country's adoption and implementation of well-documented, predictable and transparent economic policies and programmes has clearly paid economic dividends. xvi. At the same time, Uganda still suffers high levels of poverty and unemployment, shows little sign of structural transformation and continues to face several challenges in the area of macroeconomic management, which have been addressed in this report under four broad issues as listed below: PAGE 3 6 a. b. c. d. Weak institutional capacity to develop and implement economic policies; Weak public finance management and high incidence of corruption; Poor domestic resource mobilization and abuse of regulatory incentives to attract particularly foreign investment; and Weak state of economic diversification and low value addition.