To illustrate what happened to the rand's international purchasing power, in terms which may be diplomatically familiar: a 25 pound dinner in a London restaurant would have set a South African diplomat back R280 at the beginning of 2001. Just before Christmas 2001, it would have cost the diplomat R500. Today, the same meal's bill will amount to R360.
The Bank of Uganda has also received technical assistance from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to train the Bank Supervision staff for full understanding of Islamic banking and finance so that they are in position to effectively regulate these institutions once  BIS Review 130/2009  1  they are established and licensed to operate in Uganda.