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06 Aug 2018, Mouris Opolot

The Principal Research Fellow Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye has said the health sector budget for FY 2018/19 falls short [ ... ]

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Gov’t Asked to Incentivize Birth Registr...

03 Aug 2018, Mouris Opolot

The Commissioner Youth and Children Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD) Mr. Mondo Kyateka, has called for incentivisat [ ... ]

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A Glance at Kituza Coffee Research Insti...

02 Aug 2018, Devis Ahebwa

Located in Mukono District (38Km east of Kampala), Kituza Coffee Research Institute received funds from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and [ ... ]

The Distributional Impacts of Fiscal Consolidation in Uganda

This paper employs the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model to examine tax design issues that arise in addressing debt increases.

Tobacco Control in Uganda: An analysis of the impact of taxation on consumption patterns

This study analyses the trends in tobacco consumption in relation to potential tobacco tax policy changes in Uganda. Specifically, we examine the tobacco consumption patterns and simulate the likely impact on consumption of changes in tobacco taxation in the short run (3 years) and the long run (10 years).

How will the adoption of the Nairobi WTO 10th Ministerial Conference decisions on cotton impact on the East African Community?

This brief examines the implications of the Nairobi package for the development of cotton sector in the East African Community (EAC).

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Health Budget Short on UHC Aspirations

The Principal Research Fellow Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye has said the health sector budget for FY 2018/19 falls short in...

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EPRC Annual Report July 2016 to June 2017
The 2016-2017 EPRC Annual Report highlights several research assignments completed between July 2016 and June 2017.

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Maize prices drop miserably: Implications and...

By Mildred Barungi

Maize is one of the 12 agricultural commodities that Government considers to have the potential to remarkably contribute to increasing rural...

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Welcome to the Uganda Children’s portal, an initiative of the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and UNICEF Uganda. The portal represents a one...

The Officials, who are mainly local government workers from new districts such as Abim and Serere as well as old di… https://t.co/PdfNH4SEfa Thu Aug 09 08:43:35 +0000 2018
Session one featured a presentation from @mofpedU on programme based budgeting (PBB). Several local gov't officials… https://t.co/3XPIhYtLaB Thu Aug 09 08:31:26 +0000 2018
Rebecca Kwagala is accompanied by @UNICEFUganda staff working at various levels across North Eastern Uganda. Thu Aug 09 07:15:16 +0000 2018
The @UNICEFUganda Regional Manager Moroto Zonal Office officially opens the dissemination of the Equity Atlas for N… https://t.co/iGoddqVxm6 Thu Aug 09 07:03:52 +0000 2018
@EPRC_official @UNICEFUganda & @mofpedU are in Soroti (Teso Sub Region)- Akello Hotel, disseminating the Equity Atl… https://t.co/Fa5WN0T91q Thu Aug 09 06:47:46 +0000 2018
RT @CSBAGUGANDA: Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye- Principal Research Fellow at @EPRC_official says it's alarming to learn that this country budgets for… Thu Aug 02 13:45:19 +0000 2018
@ikasirye_ug: (Rephrased) More than 30 percent of the entire budget goes to infrastructure, looking at the health s… https://t.co/GMAy5dLifm Thu Aug 02 13:43:37 +0000 2018
@ikasirye_ug : Almost 1 million new births occur annually in Ug. no budget is put in place to cater for such number… https://t.co/LIxXsBFO29 Thu Aug 02 13:39:50 +0000 2018
@ikasirye_ug : (rephrased) It is surprising that we budget for destroying expired drugs. In a country where million… https://t.co/fJpFC3i5YI Thu Aug 02 13:33:05 +0000 2018
Mukunda from @CSBAGUGANDA : Wonders What plans Uganda has to ensure that budget support is part of Ministry of Hea… https://t.co/YW1L8PNZHI Thu Aug 02 13:12:01 +0000 2018
Mukunda from @CSBAGUGANDA: We have heard issues of absenteeism and idle infrastructure, we need to efficiently util… https://t.co/46fnVvA6Ot Thu Aug 02 13:08:42 +0000 2018
Mukunda from @CSBAGUGANDA: Before we ask more resources for the health sector, we need to ask how have we used what… https://t.co/uGcLNxzQqY Thu Aug 02 13:05:47 +0000 2018
Mugambe: We need to maintain and manage the little infrastructure put in place using available resources. #HealthBudgetUg18 Thu Aug 02 13:03:17 +0000 2018
Mugambe from @mofpedU further raises the issue of uncoordinated planning which leads to wastage of finances. He ci… https://t.co/qekY2S6QjU Thu Aug 02 13:02:09 +0000 2018
Kenneth Mugambe Director Budget @mofpedU gives preamble of the FY2018/19 budget to panelists. @ikasirye_ug is repre… https://t.co/k7JBOro5wP Thu Aug 02 12:56:22 +0000 2018

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