In this paper, we document the experience with donor funded projects in Uganda, identifying both factors that contributed to its success and
that hindered its effectiveness. We find problem of low/slow disbursement to be associated with funds procedures and conditions attached to
specific projects, including the counter-part funding requirement; conditions for aid effectiveness; deficiencies in procurement planning and
failure to follow the conditionality and funding guidelines on procurement procedures. The ranking of these problems do vary from project to
project. The weak project implementation capacity (capacity constraints) implies that attention needs to be focused on building capacity of
technical staff especially in those projects with elaborate procedures such as the World Bank IDA/IBRD projects.