World Bank U-turn ends loan ban to Uganda over gay rightsAnalysts say the World Bank is one of Uganda's biggest sources of external financingBut the World Bank says it is confident that new "mitigation measures" will allow it to roll out funding in such a way that does not harm or discriminate against LGBTQ people. The BBC has asked the Ugandan government and the World Bank for further comment. New projects in "social protection, education, and forced displacement and refugees" have also been approved, an unnamed World Bank spokesperson told the Reuters news agency. Analysts say the World Bank is one of Uganda's biggest sources of external financing, playing an important role in infrastructure development. "It's low-hanging fruit," Oryem Nyeko, a researcher working at Human Rights Watch in Uganda, told CBC at the time.