Uganda

Uganda enacted a work injury regulatory framework before its 1962 independence, while a framework covering sickness and maternity and old age, disability and survivors was enacted after independence. Uganda introduced two social assistance programmes—the Livelihood Investment Support Component and Uganda Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment—in 2009 and 2010 respectively.  The former aims to generate income-earning opportunities for participants as well as improve their access to services and had 123,153 individual participants in 2015 receiving a cash transfer of US$22.96 bimonthly. The latter aims to reduce chronic poverty and improve the conditions of Uganda’s poorest and entails a daily wage of US$4.61. Social assistance expenditure was 0.48 percent of GDP in 2012, translating to spending of US$8.53 per poor person per year.