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18 Mar 2019, Mouris Opolot

Government has been urged to rethink the huge spending on infrastructure. This and more were outcomes of the submissions made during the dialogue on f [ ... ]

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New Report Analyses Cost of Indoor Resid...

14 Mar 2019, Mouris Opolot

A new study by Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has indicated that Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), one of the malaria control methods has attrac [ ... ]

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Frame Social Protection Along Natural Ri...

13 Mar 2019, Mouris Opolot

Defined by World Bank as assistance to reduce vulnerability through better risk management, social protection for vulnerable persons, households, or c [ ... ]

Income tax evasion in Uganda

This paper estimates the baseline amount of tax owed by comparing income amounts to reported on the 2015/16Uganda Revenue Authority income tax returns with similar income amounts households reported on the 2015/16 Uganda National Panel Survey

Fiscal Policy and Public Debt Sustainability in Uganda

The brief examines the sustainability of Uganda’s public debt during the period 1981/82 to 2016/17. The results show that in the long run, government has been able to respond to past debt build up in a sustainable way.

Closure of the Rwanda-Uganda Border and the delay in seasonal rainfall affects the business climate

The Business Climate Index (BCI) declined by more than eleven basis points from 107.02 in the previous quarter (October-December 2018) to 95.61 in the current quarter (January-March 2019)

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Economic Infrastructure Good, But…

Government has been urged to rethink the huge spending on infrastructure. This and more were outcomes of the submissions made during the dialogue on...

EPRC Annual Report 2016 2017 Page 01

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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How Inclusive Is The Uganda National Budget?

By Regean Mugume

On the 13^th June 2019, Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development presented the National Budget for the financial year 2019/20. The...

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Uganda Children's Portal

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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...

Mr.Francis Take, the District Internal Security Officer (DISO)Nakasongola,representing the RDC,closes the Business… https://t.co/13C8xp5mci Fri Aug 16 11:25:45 +0000 2019
Equip and empower Agriculture colleges to promote Agro-industrialisation https://t.co/VDJ1LsXEX3 Fri Aug 16 11:09:56 +0000 2019
Barbara Nalukenge,a commercial officer for Masaka district calls for regular enumeration of key agricultural commod… https://t.co/q9Gf4Uoh0Y Fri Aug 16 11:07:37 +0000 2019
EPRC'S Programs Manager,Elizabeth Birabwa listens attentively to the business leaders' submissions on the factors a… https://t.co/CJPYLpfKAs Fri Aug 16 10:55:23 +0000 2019
EPRC urged to carry out empirical cost of various commodities in various areas to inform the prices for products,pr… https://t.co/sIT0RSevdF Fri Aug 16 10:16:38 +0000 2019
Proposed ammendments in the NSSF Act are in good faith and mutually beneficial to both Government and the… https://t.co/u1MxPdpuOY Fri Aug 16 10:11:48 +0000 2019
Business community cites tax on mobile money transactions as a constraint on productivity and calls for Regulatory… https://t.co/zfNql5Am5E Fri Aug 16 09:32:08 +0000 2019
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Nakasongola District produces the best beef,milk and tilapia fish from Lake Kyoga-Retired Ltd. Samuel Kigula,Chairm… https://t.co/1qHGyNS20D Fri Aug 16 07:42:14 +0000 2019
Kampala and Central Uganda Business Climate Index dissemination workshop underway https://t.co/r2SLwluUnf Fri Aug 16 07:33:45 +0000 2019
Norena Hotel in Nakasongola district is the venue for our Uganda Business Climate Index dissemination workshop on F… https://t.co/1Vlaq23uPU Fri Aug 16 06:33:30 +0000 2019
EPRC staff share a light moment with district leaders and business gurus from Western Uganda after a Business Clim… https://t.co/z2W7c2mLgq Thu Aug 15 17:56:13 +0000 2019
After a successful dissemination workshop of the Business Climate Index for Western region in Masindi,EPRC is in Na… https://t.co/5DALQ8QO8N Thu Aug 15 17:51:27 +0000 2019
Our total milk yields is increasing but productivity per cow is declining and not sustainable-Dr.Brian Serunjogi,EP… https://t.co/cjLfKUuQ7o Tue Aug 13 10:37:08 +0000 2019

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