The NDP III recognises the private sector as the engine of growth due to its ripple contribution to the GDP, employment and domestic revenues, among others. c

As such, NDP III underscores Government's intervention in enhancing the capacity of the private sector to drive growth and create jobs so as to achieve its goal of increasing the average household incomes and improving the quality of life of Ugandans.

The Private Sector Development (PSD) Programme is one of the 20 programmes that were identified to achieve the NDP III goal, strategic objectives and expected results. 

In the past four years of NDP III, targeted interventions were implemented,a imed at resolving the high cost of doing business; limited production and organisational capacity; absence of a strong supporting environment; weak enforcement