UGANDA: Skills to Support the Transport Public Disclosure Authorized and Logistics Sector
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UGANDA: Skills to Support the Transport Public Disclosure Authorized and Logistics Sector Main Report Public Disclosure Authorized Towards a Productive, Efficient and Competitive Public Disclosure Authorized Transport and Logistics Sector in Uganda Public Disclosure Authorized UGANDA: Skills to Support the Transport and Logistics Sector Main Report Towards a Productive, Efficient and Competitive Transport and Logistics Sector in Uganda This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. 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DESIGN/LAYOUT + : Ivan Maganda - Artfield Graphics PRINT: Artfield Graphics PHOTOGRAPHY: Morgan Mbabazi Country Director: Diariétou Gaye Country Manager: Christina Malmberg Calvo Education Practice Manager: Sajitha Bashir Task Team Leader: Elizabeth Ninan Dulvy Contents List of Tables III | List of Figures V | Acknowledgments VI | Abbreviations and Acronyms VII Executive Overview IX Section 1: Introduction 1 Section 2 : Overview of Transport and Logistics in Uganda 5 2.1 The Role of Transport and Logistics 6 2.2 Regional Integration to Support Uganda’s Role as Logistics Hub 9 2.3 The Current State of Transport and Logistics In Uganda and Plans for the Future 13 Section 3: The Role of Transport and Logistics in Uganda to Achieve Vision 2040 23 3.1 Overview of Uganda’s Vision 2040 24 3.2 An Overview of Uganda’s Trade Flows 27 3.3 Competitiveness and Ease of Doing Business: Regional Comparison 29 3.4 Performance of Uganda’s Logistics sector in Comparison with Regional Neighbours 32 Section 4: Barriers and Issues Constraining the Logistics Sector from Achieving Transformational Change 35 4.1 Overview of Major Barriers and Constraints 36 Section 5: Demand for Skills in the Transport and Logistics Sector in Uganda 45 5.1 Occupations in the Transport and Logistics Sector 56 5.2 Transport and Logistics Employment 57 5.3 Shifts Required in Transport and Logistics in Uganda Within the Context of Vision 2040 64 5.4 The Growth in Demand for Skills Transport and Logistics Labour 67 Section 6: The Supply of Skills in Transport and Logistics in Uganda 63 6.1 Supply Survey Sample 64 6.2 Survey Questionnaires 66 6.3 Challenges Implementing the Supply Survey 66 6.4 Findings of the Skills Supply Survey 68 6.5 Training in the Logistics Sector 71 6.6 Comparing Estimated Supply with Estimated Demand 90 6.7 Other Constraints in the Supply of Transport and Logistics-Related Education and Training 97 6.8 Is Supply a Significant Constraint to the Growth of the Logistics Sector? 99 Section 7: Lessons from South Korea in Transforming the Transport and Logistics Sector 103 7.1 Overview and Summary of South Korea’s Progress 103 7.2 The Korean Logistics Sector Today 104 7.3 Development of the Korean Logistics Sector 105 7.4 Critical Success Factors Underpinning the Development of the Korean Logistics Sector 106 i 7.5 Major Outputs and Results 112 7.6 Public and Private Sector Collaboration 116 Section 8: A Roadmap for Improving the Competitiveness & Productivity of Green Transport & Logistics in Uganda 119 8.1 Introduction 119 8.2 Drivers of Improvement 120 8.3 A Roadmap for the Ugandan Logistics Sector 123 Bibliography 152 ii List of Tables Table 1.1: Comparison of key metrics by country in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014/15..................... XI Table 1.2: Comparison of ‘most problematic factors for doing business’ across 6 countries ............................. XII Table 1.3: Future demand in the transport and logistics sector ............................................................................ XIX Table 1.4: Comparison of demand and supply in road sub-sector ........................................................................ XXI Table 2.1: Table of actions required to be taken to embed ‘Green’ strategies and practices ............................... 8 Table 3.1: Baseline status and Vision 2040 targets .................................................................................................... 24 Table 3.2: Uganda’s formal trade flows by value and destination, 2013 ................................................................ 27 Table 3.3: Top 10 countries by Ugandan import and export value ......................................................................... 28 Table 3.4: Imports and exports by product group ..................................................................................................... 28 Table 3.5: Comparison of key metrics by country in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014/15.................... 29 Table 3.6: Comparison of ‘most problematic factors for doing business’ across 6 countries ............................. 30 Table 3.7: Comparative information for selected countries using 2010 LPI Data ................................................. 32 Table 3.8: 2014 LPI Country Data and Scores compared with 2010 Ugandan data .............................................. 33 Table 4.1: Comparative ease of starting a business in Uganda and comparator countries, 2016 ...................... 37 Table 5.1: Summary of occupations within the transport and logistics sector ..................................................... 46 Table 5.2: Projection of employment in transportation ........................................................................................... 48 Table 5.3: Transport and logistics employment by employee and business size ................................................. 49 Table 5.4: Location of employment ............................................................................................................................. 49 Table 5.5: Largest occupational groups within transport and logistics sector, UK (2010) ................................... 50 Table 5.6: UK Logistics employment figures- road freight only ............................................................................... 51 Table 5.7: Uganda weighting table- comparison between UK and Ugandan Logistics workforce .................... 51 Table 5.8: Detailed employment breakdown by occupational area- road logistics ............................................. 52 Table 5.9: Baseline employment numbers by occupational area-Ugandan transport and logistics sector 2015 .................................................................................................................................... 53 Table 5.10: Sub-sector trade value and target 2013 - 2030 ........................................................................................ 57 Table 5.11: Predicted employment structure of uganda’s logistics sector in 2030................................................. 58 Table 5.12: Projected Ugandan logistics employment breakdown by sub-sector 2015, 2020, 2025 and 2030............................................................................................................................................... 61 Table 6.1: Post Graduate Programmes in Procurement and Logistics, and Transport and Logistics ................ 70 Table 6.2: Internationally accredited specialist programmes in Logistics and Transport ................................... 71 Table 6.3: Degree, Diploma and Certificate Programmes in Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management ................................................................................................................................................. 72 Table 6.4: Diploma (UBTEB) Programmes in Logistics and/or Procurement and Supply Chain Management, and Stores Management .................................................................................................... 74 Table 6.5: Degree Programmes in Clearing and Forwarding .................................................................................... 75 Table 6.6: Units in logistics that form part of other post-graduate qualifications ................................................ 76 Table 6.7: Diploma (UBTEB) Programmes in Clearing and Forwarding ................................................................. 76 Table 6.8: Specialist providers of short courses in logistics ..................................................................................... 77 Table 6.9: Higher Education institutions that offer specialist short courses ......................................................... 78 iii Table 6.10 Summary of freight forwarding, customs clearing, customer service and supply chain management training supply and demand.............................................................................................. 79 Table 6.11: Training for Truck Drivers