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EFFECTS OF POOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF KAMPALA CITY, UGANDA BY LIDRI FREDRICK GUMA JUDE ASIZU (2013/HD06/310U) A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES AS A PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 2015 1 DECLARATION I declare that this research project is my original work and has not been submitted for the award of a degree in any other university or higher institution of learning. Sign___________________________ Date ____________________ LIDRI FREDRICK GUMA JUDE ASIZU (2013/HD06/310U) i APPROVAL The research project has been submitted for examinations with my approval as the supervisor. Sign _______________________________ Date ______________________ DR. IBRAHIM MUKISA ii DEDICATION I dedicate this work to My Mother Lydia Obaru Alia (R.I.P), my Guardian Dr. Betty Ezati Akullo, and my Family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It has been a long journey to this Master’s Degree of public Infrastructure Management. I am grateful to all those who made it possible for me to accomplish this task. This chapter in my life’s journey would not have been possible without the financial, moral, and professional support of a number of people. My sincere thanks go to my late mother Lydia obaru Alia, and late father Eliphaz Kennedy Alia for the uphill task they initiated in me to study up to this level. I recognize the part Arua District Local Government, my Employer played in facilitating part of my study tours and offering me study breaks from work. For my family members and colleagues who contributed the rest of the scholastics materials, I am grateful. For the scholarly guidance, I received from my supervisors, Dr. Umaru Kakumba, Dr. Akileng Godfrey and Dr. Ibrahim Mukisa; I am sincerely indebted to humanity for your sake. I thank you for accepting to guide me throughout the study. I am also indebted to the lecturers of Makerere University especially in the college of Business and Management sciences for the technical guidance offered to me while at the University. I am grateful for the encouragement I received from my family. You supported me when I thought time had erased my desire to acquire this degree. Thank you for enduring my absence while I was away for school; for the love and care you missed during my absence. iv ACRONYMS GDP-Gross Domestic Product UNDP-United Nations Development Program (UNDP, 2010) M.O.W.T-Ministry of Works and Transport REI- Road effect index. RK-Ranking of road effects KCCA-Kampala city council Authority UNRA-Uganda national roads authority ODI-Open Data Institute v TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................. iv ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... xi ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. xii CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background to the study ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Objective of the study .............................................................................................................. 6 1.To establish how poor drainage of roads affects the economic growth of the city. .................. 7 1.4 Research questions ................................................................................................................... 7 vi 1.5 Significance of the study .......................................................................................................... 7 1.6 Scope of the study .................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................... 9 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Poor infrastructure and economic growth ................................................................................. 9 2.2 Summary of the literature review ........................................................................................... 17 2.3 Deficiencies in the evidence ................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 19 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 19 3.2 Research design ..................................................................................................................... 19 3.3 Research approaches .............................................................................................................. 20 3.4 Sampling Techniques and procedure ................................................................................... 20 3.5 Data collection Methods ....................................................................................................... 20 3.5.1 Questionnaires.................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.2 Interviews ............................................................................................................................. 21 3.5.3 Documentary Review........................................................................................................... 21 vii 3.5.4 Observation .......................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.5 Data collection procedure .................................................................................................. 22 CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................ 23 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ......................................................... 23 4.1 Introduction. ............................................................................................................................ 23 4.2 Findings on conditions of roads infrastructure and their economic effects in Kampala city; 24 4.2.1 Congestion ........................................................................................................................... 24 4.2.2 Design implications ............................................................................................................. 27 4.2.3 Poor drainage ....................................................................................................................... 29 4.2.4 Poor economic policies ........................................................................................................ 30 4.2.5 Economic growth from international trade .......................................................................... 30 4.2.6 Suffocation of local trade due to insufficient road access to markets .................................. 31 4.2.7 Increase in Transport costs and drop of urban incomes ...................................................... 32 4.2.8 Retarded Economic growth in Peri- Urban Places .............................................................. 33 4.2.9 Gender disparity ................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.10 Lack of access to Care by Government ............................................................................. 34 4.2.11 Inaccessibility to Health Care and social economic services ............................................ 35 viii 4.2.12 Resource Accessibility ....................................................................................................... 36 4.2.13 Physical Accessibility .......................................................................................................