The United Kingdom has a very complex economy with a great variety of industries involving trade all around the world. Uganda and many other countries in the developing world are not as fortunate in having a great variety of products to trade and are very dependent on one or two commodities to sell to markets round the world.
Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda's economy.
Coffee is the leading foreign exchange earner but other crops such as tea, tobacco and sugar-cane are also grown for export. Uganda is one of many countries caught in the debt trap. Coffee was an important crop but interest rates rose, as did the amount of coffee in the world market, reducing the price and therefore reducing the income. The amount of money Uganda owed to the World Bank increased. Many countries are still trying hard to increase their income and repay their debts by growing products that the developed world wants.